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other Letters ; Orders of the Privy Council, the Lord Lieutenant, and other 
Authorities, &c., &c. Chiefly derived from the Shuttle worth MSS. at Gaw- 
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Authorities, &c., &c. Chiefly derived from the Shuttleworth MSS. at Gaw- 
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MANCHESTER : PRINTED BY CHARLES SIMMS AND CO. 



REMAINS 

HISTORICAL & LITERARY 

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF 

LANCASTEE AND CHESTER. 

PUBLISHED BY 

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY. 



VOL. LI. 



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JAMES CR08SLEY, Es^, F.S.A., P&bsidbmt. 

REV. F. R. RAINES, M.A., F.S.A., HON. Camon OP MANCHESTER* 

YICE-P&BSIDBNT. 

WILLIAM BEAMONT. 

THE VERY REY. GEORGE HULL BOWERS, D.D., Dban OF MancBBSTBR. 

REY. JOHN BOOKER, M.A., F.S.A. 

REY. THOMAS CORSBR, M.A., F.S.A. 

MATTHEW DAWES, F.aA.. F.G.S. 

JOHN HARLAND. F.aA. 

EDWARD HAWKINS, F.RS.. F.S.A., F.L.S. 

THOMAS HEYWOOD, F.8.A. 

W. A. HULTON. 

REY. JOHN HOWARD MARSDEN, B.D., Canon of MANCHESTER, 

DISNET PBOFESSOB OP CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES, CaMBBIDOE. 
ARTHUR H. HEYWOOD, Tbeasubbb. 
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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE 

WILLS AND INVENTORIES 

PROM THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURT, 
CHESTER. 



THB SECOND PORTION. 



SDITBD BT 

THE REV. G. J. PICCOPE, M.A., 



CUIUTB OF BRINDLE. 



PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY. 
M.DCCC.LX. 



CONTENTS. 



FAGS 

The Will of George Booth of Dunham Massey Esq 1 

The Will of John Dye, Clerk, Rector of Tilston 3 

The Will of Margaret Hawarden of Chester 6 

The Will of Sir Henry Tarton, Fellow of the Collegiate Church of 

Manchester 12 

The Will of Rohert Holt of Stuhley Esq... 14 

The Will of Elenor, Widow of Rohert Langley of Agecroft Esq. 16 

The Will of Henry Trafford, Rector of Wilmslow 18 

The Will of Dame Jane, Widow of Sir Lawrence Smith of Hough 

Knt .' 21 

The Will of Robert Dukenfield of Dukenfield Esq 24 

The Inventory of Dame Cicely Delves, Widow 28 

Testamentum cum Inventorio Ricardi Halsall Rectoris de Halsall 35 

The Will of Richard Lee of Lee 39 

The Will of Eliaabeth Grimsdich 43 

The Will of John Delves of Doddington .... 48 

Inventory of Sir Alexander Oshaldeston of Osbaldeston Knt 52 

Inventory of William Aspinwall, late Canon of Burscough 55 

The Will of John Massie, late Abbot of Combermere 56 

The Will of Robert Booth of Dunham Gent 57 

The Will of John Smallwood, Rector of Coppenhall 59 

The Will of William Trafibrd Gentleman 61 

The Will of Sir William Booth of Dunham Knt ^5 

Testamentum Johannis Radcliffe Militis 68 



IV CONTENTS. 

PAOB 

The Inyentory of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford Knt. 72 

The Will of Edward Oshaldeston of Osbaldeston Esq 74 

The Will of Anne Hardware of Little Mouldeworth, Widow 77 

The Will of Robert Vawdrey of Biddings 80 

The Will of Robert Holt of Stubley Esq 87 

The Win of Thomas Legh of High Legh Esq 90 

^ The Will of John Legh of Ridge Esq....A3U#rtJk* 92 

The Will of Heniy Stanley' of Bickerstath Esq 95 

<k The Will of Andrew Barton of Smcthills Esq 98 

The Will of Alice Framwall of Chester, Widow 103 

The Will of Robert Cock, Priest 104 

TheWillof JohnBraddyllof Whalley Esq. 106 

^ The Will of Henry Byrom of Salford, Merchant iV. 113 

The Will of John Byrom of Byrom Esq 116 

The Will of Richard Byrom of Middleton in Winwick Parish Gentle- 
man 117 

The Will of Robert Bruen of Stapleford Gent 119 

^ The Inventory of Sir Thomas Butler of Bewsey Knt. 120 

"" The Will of Richar d Brad shaw. Servant at Arms ...'! 126 

The Will of Thomas Birch of Hindley Birch Gent 128 

The Will of Thomas Chaderton of the Lees, co. Lane, Gent 130 

The Will of Dame Christiana Calveley of Lea 132 

The Will of Thomas Valentine of Behcliffe, co. Lane, Gent 134 

The Will of Charles Worsley of Manchester, Yeoman 135 

The Will of Anne Greenhalgh, Widow 136 

The Will of Robert Ardem 138 

The Will of Captain Ralph Standish 141 

The Will of Elizabeth, Widow of John Orrell of Turton Esq 142 

The Will of Richard Bezwycke, Chaplain 144 

The Will of Isabel Holland of Salford, Widow 146 

The Will of Thomas Grene of Manchester, Yeoman 148 

The Will of Isabel Typpinge of Manchester, Widow 149 

The Will of John Hewett, Prebendary of Chester 151 

The Will of Richard Grosvenor of Doddleston Esq 153 



CONTENTS. Y 

PAGl 

The Will of George Trafford Gent 157 

The Inyentory of Lady Byron, deceased 162 

The Will of Thomas Radclyff of Fozdenton Esq 168 

The Will of William Bridges, Priest 164 

The Will of Richard Rawstome of Lumm Gknt « 168 

The WillofEdmmid Asshetonof ChaddertonEsq 169 

TheWillofBohertHolteofStubleyEsq 171 

The Will of Dame Maud GrosTonor of Ince 175 

The Will of Jasper Worthe of Titherington Esq 176 

The Will of Philip Worthe of Titherington Esq 177 

The Will of John Cotton of Cotton, co. Cost., Esq 178 

The Will of Alice, Widow of Ralph Byrom of Salford 180 

The Will of John Davenport of Wistaston, co. Cest, Gent 181 

The Will of Ralph Lawton, Rector of Bebyngton 183 

The Will of Elizabeth, Widow of Thomas Davenport of Henbury Esq. 184 

The Will of Thomas Glutton of Nantwich Gent 185 

The Will of Thomas Pendleton of Manchester 187 

The Will of Roger Heyton of Heyton Gent 188 

The Will of William Hyde of Urmston Gent 189 

The Will of Hugh Starkey of Oulton Esq 192 

The Will of William Chorley of Chorley Gent 194 

The Will of Anne, the Widow of Philip Mainwaring of Peover Esq... 196 

The Will of Sir George Gregory, Priest 199 

The Will of William Mascy of Rixton Esq 201 

The Will of James Grenehalghe Gent 203 

The Will of Henry Hamer of Hamer, Yeoman 204 

The Will of Anne More of Liverpool, Widow 206 

The Will of John Chamocke of Farington Gent 208 

TheWillof John Talbot of Whalley Gent 211 

The Will of Edward Halsall of Halsall Esq 214 

The Will of Alice Pendleton, Widow 218 

The Will of Robert Entwysle of the Foxholes 221 

The Will of Richard Jones, Clerk, Rector of Bury 223 

The Will of Alice Massey of Chester, Widow 227 



VI CONTENTS. 

The Will of John Holmes, Citixen of London and Founder of Blackrod 

School 230 

The Will of Alexander Hoghton of Lea Esq 237 

The Will of John Legh, son of Sir Peres Leghof Lyme Knt 241 

The Will of Sir Ralph Leyccster of Toft Knt 244 

The Will of Sir Thomas Langton Knt, Baron of Newton 246 

The Will of Thomas Rizton of Great Sankej Qent 255 

The Will of Anne Becke of Manchester, Widow 257 

The Will of William Kennyon of Manchester Oent 258 

The Will of Anthony Molyneoz, Rector of Sephton and Walton 263 

The Will of Grace Sonthworth, Widow 264 

The WillofBohert Boware ; 266 

The Will of Dame Mary Egerton of Asthory, Widow .« 268 

The Will of Anne Broughton of Shocklach, Widow 277 

The Will of Sir Rohert Thorpe, Clerk 279 

The Will of Francis Warren of Presthury 280 

The Will of Peter Stanley of Moore Hall Esq 282 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE 
WILLS. 



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The concluding volume of this Work is in 
the Press, in which an Index of the whole Three 
Portions will be given. 



Qxor mea habeat teroia ptem hereditate mee et volo q3 residuu here- 

1 Ko date of probate. The tesUtor was son and heir of Sir William Booth of 
Dunham Massey, by Maud, daughter of John Dutton of Dutton Esq. He married 
Xatherine, daughter and heiress of Bobert Montford of Bescote in Staifordshire. His 
fikther Sir William Booth, who died 16 Edward IV., gave lands for the providing of 
a chaplain to pray for him and his friends in a chapel to be built in Bowdon Church 
for that purpose, which was built accordingly. Sir William Booth, amongst other 
children, had Ellen, the wife of Sir John Legh of Baguley, and Ann, who married 
John L^h of Boothes Esq. The testator died 1 Bichard III. 1483. — Ormerod, 
vol. i. p. 401. This will is injured by damp, and the date is defective. 

II. B 



2 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 

ditat^ mee duranf nowne age filii mei conv^tatur ad maritand filias 
meas I{ q3 volo terra mea in Thometon excepta dote et yenl oxoris 
mee convtar ad solvend Georgio Holforde militi p maritagio Marga- 
rete Holforde filie mee et post hoc ad remanendum uxori mee ad 
supportand bonus filio^ et filia^ mea^ Ifm volo q^ pdca terra de 
Falyngbrome durante nowne age Bogeri filii mei disponat et pvi- 
diat p visu uxoris mee et hoc ad relevame libero^ meo^ Item volo 
ordino et constituo Eaterinam uxore mea et Jacobu Hille rectore 
ecctie de Northeden sup hac .... voluntate mea ultia meos veros et 
legittimos exsccutores ut ipi put eis melius videt expedif disponat 
p salute aie mee Insup ad supyidend omia et singta pdicta p pfa^ 
exsecutores bn et fidet? esse adimpleta huif volutatf mee ultime 
constituo magistru Bob{ Bothe decanu Eboraci supvisore p singulari 
confidecia qua penes ipm habeo insup eidem bmlir subplicans ad 
laborand dno p'noipi p nowne age Witti filii mei Hm volo q} arre- 
ragiu sive debitu q} Jobes Legb de Bagbeley mibi debuit convtat ad 
dispone debita mea Ilm lego et volo q^ Anna soror mea habeat una 
filia^ sua^ ad dispone propriam et alteram filia^ ]pdic{ ad dispone 
uxor^ mee Et huic voluntati mee ultie die et anno pdict(> sigillu 
apposui nm lego et volo p hac mea voluntate q} Anna Legb soror 
mea sit in se libera ab omi acoone jure penes me et exsecutores meos 
nulla obligacone carta aut indentura p eand mihi facta et sigillata 
contradicente Item volo qj Henricus Tappyng heat hoc in feodo q3 
de me huit iii vita mea durante nowne age Wifii filii mei. 



XiANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF JOHN DYE, CLEEK, EEOTOR 
OF TILSTON.i 



IN the name of Gkxl Amen The vij^ day of May an^ Dni 1573 
I S' John Dye olarke and'pson of Tylston within of Chester 

beynge in good health and of whole and pfect remembrannce land 

and praisse be toalmightye Gt)d I kno there is nothinge more 

sure then death and the tyme thereof so nncertayne that every good 

Christian ought to ^pare hym maybe readye w^ meke 

hart to relinquishe this transsitorye liffe at such tyme as it shall 

pleasse Gt)d to call hym to his me ordayne this my psent 

testament concemynge herein my last wyll in manner and forme 

folowynge That is to say fir unto Grod my maker desyringe 

hym of forgennes of my synnes puttynge my whole trust and con- 
fidence in him th be the merites of the blessed death and 

passion of his onelye sonne Jesus Christ and that I shalbe washed 

from the synne be the effution of his blonde and thereby 

to obtayne the lyfie ppetuall And I geve this my mortall the 

yearth from whence it came Ilm I geve and bequeth towardes the 

reparation of the church of Tylston vj* viij^ reparinge 

of the greate stone bridge at Tylston fordes vj' viij^ the which I 

wyll that my executours herafter named bestowynge 

of the sayd money Itm unto xx^* poore folkes w4n the pishe of 

Tylston to every one of Km to xx*i« poore folkes w*in the 

pishe of Malpas to every one of them iiij^ Ilm I geve &c every 



1 ProTed 6th June 1678. John Die wae institnted to the rectory of Tilston 8th 
AnguBt 1568, on the nomination of Thomae Butler, chaplain, and others, patrons by 
assignment of William Brereton. — Ormerod, toL ii. p. 382. 



4 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

god chyld that I have to every one of them xij<^ nm unto my brother 
Wyttm Dye unto my brother Thomas Dye to my sister Johan to my 
sister Elnoure and to my sister Eatheren to every one of them one 
silver spone* Hm^ unto Margaret Probyn Jane Probyn John Ens- 
worth and Elyzabeth Dye daughter to my brother Thomas Dye to 
every one of them a silver spone Km unto my brother Wiihn Dye 
(my Lord Byshopp] beynge served) my best horsse or mare that I 
shall chance to have at my death Hm unto my brother Thomas Dye 
the best'cowe that I shall chance to have at the tyme of my death 
I^m unto my .sister Johan Edge all my tackes that I have by lease 
for termes^^and.^yeres yet to com contened in the same leases I^m 
unto my sister Johan Edge my cupbourd that standeth in the hall 
my joyned bede that standeth above in my chamber w^ the curtens 
belongynge to the same two coverletes that is to say one of the best 
of my coverlettes^ and another of the second sorte my best peare of 
blancket(; the carpet clouth that is for the hall bourd one of the best 
of my cofers two of the best of my chargers two potenchers two saw- 
cers and all tryen lomes within the housse and also all the pented 
clouthes that [are within my housse except the paynted clouth that 

hangeth the bench in the hall the which I wyll shall remeane 

there style^one bushell of wheat one bushell of rye one bushell of 
barly two bushell of ottes two bushell of malt the one halfe of my 
swyne, all gesse hennes and capons that are about the housse Hm 
unto my sister , Elnoure ray second best cofore I^m unto my sister 
Katheren my best brasse poteTand one coverlet of blacke and yelowe 
Ilm unto my cosyn Elyn Kettle my brasse panne that I dyd bye of 
Baffe Huxley and two chargers Km unto Margaret Probyn my 
joyned heed that I usse to lye one the tester w^ the curtens belong- 
inge to the same the fether heed two coverlet (> one bolstere one 
pylow a payre of flaxen shetes and a payre of canvas shetes my great 
brasse panne the'great brendret two of the best of my chargers two 
potenchers and^two saucers Km unto Jane Probyn my joyned beed 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 5 

that standeth in the parlar the tester with the curtjng belongynge 
to the same the fether heed ooe bolster one pylow one of the best of 
my coverlet (> and another of blake and whit my best payre of flaxen 
shetes and a pare of canvas shetes the carpet that I bought of 
Edward Garden my two great chandlers my new chafen dishe my 
chafem my pewter quart pote two of my best chargers two poten- 
chers two saucers the morter and pestle the fyre shovell the tonges 
the drypynge panne the great broche and the brasse pott that I 
have in pledge of Richard Bowker untyll suche tyme that he pay unto 
her X* Ifm unto Johan Dye one materas one bolster one coverlet 
a payre of canvas shetes and a bushell of barlye Hm unto my brother 
Wittm Dye my best doblet I?m unto my sister Johan Edge all my 
lynen clouthes and napery ware except such as I have bequethed 
alreadye Km unto Thomas Countrye xx^ Km unto my sister Mar- 
gery x« and to her daughter Johan iij» iiij<* Km unto John Ensworth 
towardes the kepynge of hym to the schole xx" Km unto S' Robert 
Downes x» To S' John Dale vj^ viij* To Margerye my servant 
meaden vjs viij^ To John Scare of Tylston grene xij* I&n unto my 
cosyn Randle Probyn my two sawes my new axe my new hachet 

my nase my byll and all my no Km unto my godson John 

Kettle all my shepe that I have with Richard Downat except two 
which I geve &c. unto the two yonger daughters of the said Richard 
Downat to be apoynted them at the discretion of my executours 
And also I wyll that after my debtes be payd my funerall expenses 
and Jegacies discharged that all the resydue of my goods and 
cattels moveable and unmoveable shalbe devided into two equall 
partes The one halfe I geve &;c. unto Randle Probyn Margaret Pro- 
byn and Jane Probyn to be equallye devided amongest them three 
And the other halfe I wyll that it shalbe devided into three equall 
partes one part unto my sister Eatherins children And a nother 
part unto my brother Thomas Dyes children and the third parte to 
Richard Dyes children to be equallye devided amongest them Ifm I 



6 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 

wyll that my exeoutours shall receve all my debtee toward the dis- 
charge of my wyll except sach as I have forgeven by my boke of 
debtee which boke is subscribed with my owne hand Hm unto the 
rest of my sister Margery Nockes chyldren to every one of them xij^ 
Itm I do ordayne and make my lawfull executours of this my last 
wyll and testament my welbeloved brother Wyihn Dye my brother 
in law Richard Probyn my cosyn Bandle Probyn and my sister 
Johan Edge desyrynge them to discharge this my last wyll and 
testament as they wyll answere me at the dreadfuU day of judgment 
provided alwayes it is my full wyll and mynd that if it fortune my 
sayd sister Johan Edge to marye at any tyme after the date hereafter 
that then I wyll that she shalbe no executoure of myne nor shall in 
no wysse meddle with the administration of any of my goodes And 
I do make overseers of the same M' Gorge Brerton of Ashelye 
esquier and S' John Barlow clarke and pson of Malpas desyrynge 
them to se this my wyll accomplished and fulfylled acordynge unto 
the true intent and raeanynge of the same as my especyall trust is in 
them In wytnesse whereof I have put to my scale and subscribed my 
name the day and yere above wryten by me S** John Dye Wytte- 
nesse S' John Barlow 0. S' Robert Downes 0. w* others. 



THE WILL OF MARGARET II A WARDEN OF 
CHESTER.' 



IN Dei noie Amen I Margaret Hawarden hole of mynde and 
body seyng pell nyghe and deth uncerten make my testament 

> Proved January 17th 1620*21. Margaret Hawarden was the daughter of John 
Warren of Foynton Esq. by Isabel, daughter of Sir John Stanley Knt., and married 
John Ardeme of Cheater. — Ormerod, toI. iiL p. 348. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 7 

in maB and forme that folowth In the first I beqweth my soule to 
Crod almyrti to o' Lady Saynt Mary Saynt Olave and to all sayntes 
in hevyn and my body to be buryed in the church of o^ Lady of the 
Qwite ffrerys on the northside in the tombe Item I beqweth to the 
makynge of the tombe and repacon of the said church iij^ TJ> viij^ 
and my femes of ledde at the o^sight of the prior and myne executors 
the prior of the said place and his brethern to kepe myne obete days 
and to pray for me and thos that I am bounden to pray for Item I 
gif to (xeorge Palm^ prior of the said White Frerys to pray for me x» 
Item to frere John Wodwarde iij" iiij^ Item to the repaoon of the 
church of the Gray Frerys yj* viij^ and a little vessell of ledde at the 
ovsi3t of the warden and myne executors Item to the repaoon of the 

churche of the Blak Freryg vj" viij^ and my .... broken ledde 

in peses and gobbett^ at the ovsight of the prior and myne executor's 
Item to the makinge of the closter in the nonry in the citie of Ches- 
ter x^ my lady priores and her systers to kepe my obet days and to 
pray for my soule and thos which I am bounden to pray for Item 
unto Dame Margery Patmych priores of the said nonrye thos kye 
which be in my haye that I holde of her except ij kye on I gif to 
Dame Eateryn Tatton and the other koe to Dame Margery Byrke- 
hed to pray for me Item unto the said lady priores a coofer for the 
use of her house which I bought of S' Otnel Hoghton Item to Dame 
Jane Adderton subpriores my new paynted coffer Item to Dame 
fflorens yj* viij^ And this is my wilj y* S' Henry Devyas pray and 
say masse x yeres after my decesse for my soule my husband^ soule 
for the Boules of my father and mother John Waren and Isabell his 
wif for the soules of S' John Waren S' Henry Waren sometyme 
peons of Stokport for the soule of S' Otnell Hoghton my frendez 
soules and all Cristen soules And to have to his wagez for his labo>^ 
yU evy yere and to synge at the White Frerys or at Saynt Olaves 
church as he thinke most accordinge for the tyme And if the said S' 
Henry dye or the said x yeres be fully endet then I will that a 



8 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

nother prist well disposed be taken w^ myne executors and my ov- 
seers in to the serves to pray for me and thos before named and to 
have to his wage fo' ^^ l*t<>' ^"j^ XJ" ^"j^ * 7^^^ ^ longe as the 
money will endure The wage of the said pst to be paide by the 
handes of the priores of the covent of the said nonry of the citie of 
Ghestre or by her assignes Hm I beqweth to the coost^ of my burying 
and for all thinge necessary therto ptenynge xn^ mark(> [and what 
leves of the said to be disposed at the o^sight of myne executo's and 
o^seers Km unto the pish churche of Saynt Olave a small flaxen 
shete ij towell(> of twill for the sepultur in tyme of Ester a horde 
cloth of twill to be a alter cloth to the hye alter a chales a vestment 
ij albes a masse boke to the use of my pste duringe the saide 
yeres then the ^ste to dely? the forsaid al$ cloth chales ij albes 
the masse boke to the reves of the said pish for to serve God 
Saynt Olave and all sayntes therw^ as longe as they may last the 
pish priste and the pishons to pray for me and thos which I am 
bounden to pray for Km I gif a horde cloth of twill to be a alter 
cloth for the alter of Saynt Anne in the callage churche of Saynt 
Johns Item a bordecloth of twill for to be a alter cloth to the hye 
alter in the pish churche of Saynt Brides Item a bordecloth of flaxen 
to be a alter cloth in the pish church of Saynt Marten Itm to the 
makynge of the steple of the collage church of Saynt Johns xl<* Km 
to the repacon and mendynge of Traflbrde brigge xiij" iiij<^ Item I 
gif to my son Thomas Hawardyn my best fetherbed my best bolster 
the hengynge in the pier the cupborde the conterborde in the hall 
the hengynge a bowte the hall a cupborde a serene a gret chere w^ 
the hordes and formes in the^^hall a white flatt pese of silv w^ the 
cov Item to my doght Elizabeth his wif a golde ringe set w^ images 
and my blak cofer Km to Thomas Hawardyn my godson my little 
goblet of silv Item to my cosyn Laurans Waren my gilde cuppe 
w^ the cov his owen armes opon the cov to be a heire lome to his 
heires after hym as longe as it will last Item to my cosyn John 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 9 

Fitton a hope rjDge of golde Item to my cosyn EII711 his wif a 
little ringe of gold w* a ruby therin Km to my cosyn Katyn Gros- 
venor my best bed hillinge of tapstre werke and my best beed() And 
after her deth the bed hillinge to my cosyn Bic^ her son Hm to the 
saide Bic<^ a golde rynge that was my husband^ And to my cosyn 
his wif my pillyn w* the best hillinge of wolsted I?m to my cosyn 
Elizabeth Goodman my tippet of sarsnet Item to my cosyn Mowde 
Tatton a casket w* a little cofer w4n it and all the perles on my best 
girdill Item to my cosyn Isabell Ardem my blake gowne furred w* 
graye a carpet qwesion w^ a blew bride open it Item to my cosyn 
Elizabeth Banbury my best girdill of velvet Item to my cosyn 
Elizabeth Hurlton late the wiff of Hugh Hurlton my casse of blak 
velvet and y® best kerchaf in my casket Item to my cosyn Alis 
Byrkhed late the wif of Adam Byrkehed my tawny gowne furred w* 
blake hankQ [!] a qwesion of carpet werke w* a gentil woman theron 
Item to Margaret Tochet my god dot? a little hames of a girdill 
silv and gilde I7m to my cosyn S' Bandulph Fitton ij my best sidtf 
silv and gilde w* on co9 Item to my cosyn S' Henry Hawardyn my 
little salte silv and gilde Item to my cosyn Agnes Bomvile my 
weddyng ringe my best hodde and frontlet a demyse girdle the corse 
of golde my kyrtill of wolsted my tawny gowne revsed w* blake 
velvet Item to my cosyn Isabell Hulme my secunde fetherbed a 
bolst ij blankette ij cov^ette w^ the hengyng ov^ her bed there she 
lyes and after her deth to Margaret Aldersey Item to the said 
Isabell Hulme vj qwysions of tapstre werke my best smok a longe 
pilloe a water chafer a maslen bason aft^ her deth to Jane Bomvile 
Item to Margaret Aldersey iij of my best pilloes a chaundelor y* 
hengith in the pier w^ vj flowres a payre of small shetc of flaxen 
cloth vj napkyns of twill vj of my best carpet qwesions my best 
cownt cloth my gret brasse pot on of my rende peses of silv my new 
pewter dishes iij petell potte iij quarte pott^ a bason an ewer of pew- 
ter ray andyrons in y« pier y* S' William Bartlet gave to me a longe 

II. c 



10 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRIi WILLS. 

pajnted cofer in my cosyn Mowd(> chamber and my erthyn dishes 
and glasses and other little thingez what they be in the studye house 
and my gret brendret Hm to Hugh Aldersey my standinge cuppe 
of sil9 and the cov w* a brydde on y« co9 Itm to my cosyn Thomas 
Bomvile my gret brasse panne my secude brasse pott ij covlett(> ij 
pilloes ij voyders of pewter all my iron broches gawbart(j a chyney 
of yren late made my gilde notte w^ the cov gilde a bride on the 
co9 all my treen vessels Item to Thomas Hoghton my tee y* was 
my husband^ and xx^ Itm to Elizabeth his wif a Saynt John bed a 
pese of silv that she hath in her kepynge ij new carpet qwesions a 
maslyn basen a newer to the same a little ringe of golde y^ was my 
mothers Item to my goddoght Merget Hoghton x' iy chaundlers a 
ronde panpot w* iij fete a towell of flaxen cloth iij qu'ters brode ij 
of my olde carpet qwesions the grounde yewlowe K to Ellyn 
Hoghton doghter of the said Thomas ij qwesions of carpet y ground 
yelow Hm to my sister Ellyn Hawardyn a carpet qwesion w* a hert 
theron It to my cosyn Merget Wryne vij» and a cofer corven at my 
beddysheddoiny^pler Km to my cosyn Robt Rokley vj» viij<i Itm to 
y« wyddoes of Saynt Johns w*out the northgate xH Itm to the poore 
me and wome of Saynt Ursula xl<^ Itm to S^ James pst of Saynt Ursula 
yjs viijd a flockbed and a bolster Itm to S' Peris Wyrvyne vf viij* 
Item to Agnes Wyrvyne my eldest gowne revsit w* velvet a smok 
and xl^ Itm to Jonet Ellyn and Mawde doghters of Bic Ledsam ichon 
of theym a kerchaf of myne Itm to Agnes Manley late the wif of 
Bic Manley xl^ ij co9lett^ a paire of ronde flaxen shet(> my secude 
blake gowne rev^set w* velvet a matill a little broch of iryn a new 
c3vas towell iij qters browde a canvas bordecloth Itm to Nicholas 
Devias a grene co9let Item to Agnes Dugdale ij coPlett^ a smoke a 
mattras ij canvas shete a new cavas towell iij q^ters brode if she be 
my servnt when I dye Itm to Bic* Tyrrell vij« Itm Jonet Tyrrell 
doghter of the said Bio* vij> and a brasse pott of i\j or iiij gallons 
Itm to Esabell my SVnt ij covlette a matras ij cavas shete if she be 



LANCA8HIBE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 11 

my ^vnt when I dye lim to Margaret Mores doghier of Ka^yn 
Mores to her mariage a madras vj> viij^ Urn to S' James Johnson 
Stuart of the nonry of Chester vj> viij*^ Hm to S' John Davenport 
vj» viij^ Itm to S' Henry Bullinge vj' viij^ Km to S' Thomas 
Pjmchware iij> iiij<^ Km to Margaret Aldersey my flax and toe not 
sponn to her owen vantage and my yarne y^ is sponne to dyght it 
and make in oloth to be dalte to poore me and wome where nede is 
at the oveyght of Hugh Aldersey her husband and S' Henry Devias 
IHra to Henry Fox xl^ Km to S' Thomas Bowker xx^ l?m to the 
covent of the nonry of Chest to pray for me xx« to be devidet to 
theyme Urn to Cisle Tailior late wif to John Tailior stuart of the 
nonry xl*^ Km to Agnes Pole y* was my Svnt my gret cawdme 
[caldron] of brasse a payre of ronde flaxen shetc ij covlettc a matras 
Ifm to my godson Thomas Grosvenor son to Bic Grosvenor to by 
hym a som^ nagge xl" Km to the repacon of the church of Saynt 
Petur vj« viij^ Km I will that my wodde and colez be dalte and 
devidet among the pore people as there nede is Km if any legasy 
gyven to any pson or psons be wome or other ways disposed I will 
y* legasy be voide Km my olde pewter dishes to be dalte betwix 
Agnes Pole and Agnes Dugdale if the said Agnes be my svnt And 
if any of the forsaide dye or ellys be maryed or I depte or els out of 
the cotrey then I will that theire legasies be disposed to the mariage 
of pore maydens at the ovsyght of myn executors and ovseers as can 
be thought most remedy for my soule Km to the ij doghters of Ed** 
ward Bothumes not maried to aither of theym to there mariage xl> 
Km to George Fitton to the mariage of his doghters xxvj* viij^ Km 
to the chapell of Sydynton vj" viij<^ at the ovsight of S' Bandulph 
Fitton pson of Gawsewarth as he thinks nedefuU Ilm to the doghr of 
Margery Waren to her mariage xx' Km to frere Wittm Dave dwel- 
linge at the Blak Freres in London x^ Km to by an albe and y* 
medynge of the chales xx» Km to Alis Spencer to her mariage vj^ 
\i\j^ Km to Agnes Pole and Agnes Dugdale to aither of theyme vj" 



12 LANCA8HIEE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

▼iij<^ Ilm Bandulph Bomvile to goe forward w^ hym xl* If to Ed- 
ward Bomvile xiij^ iiij^ The residew of my goodes to be disposed to 
manage of pore maydyns at the ovsight of myne executors and ov- 
seers And this my testament well and truly to be fulfilled I orden 
and make S' Bandulph Fitton pson of Qawsewurth S' James John- 
son late stnart of the nonnes Hugh Aldersey S' James Bio^n 
[Bichardson] pst of Saynt Ursula chapell and S' Henry Deyias 
myne executors my lady Dame Margery Pasmych priores of the 
nonry my cosyn Bic^ Grosvenor of Eton my son Thomas Hawardyn 
alderma of Ohesr Thomas Bomvile ovseers Wittnes S*" Petur Wyr- 
vyne pste Mode Tatton Isabell Hulme and Margaret Aldersey 
Written the iiij*^ day of Decembre in the yere of o' Lord moccccxx. 



THE WILL OF SIB HENBY TUBTON FELLOW OF 
THE COLLEGIATE CHUBOH OF MANOHESTEB.* 



IN y® name of Gt)de Amen M^'™ y« yere of oW Lorde Gt)de a 
thousand v hundrethe xxxiij y^ secude day of Maye I S' 
Henry Turton chaplen and felow in y® college of ow' Lady in Mam- 
chest beyng in reght mynd and pfyte memorye make my wyll and 
testament in yis maS of wyse foloyng Fyrst I beqwythe my sawle 
to Almyghty Gode to ow' lady Saynt Mary and to all j* holy 
cupany in hevyn and my body to be beryed before Saynte Mychaellf 
awlter in y« chyrche of Machest' thorow y* lycenoe of my M' y* 
warden of y« sayde college Also I beqwethe for my dyrge and masse 
done y® day of my sepulture In p'mis to my M' xvj*^ Km to evy 
fialow of the sayde college viij^ Ifm to evy diacon iiij^ and to evy 
chorist' ij^ Hm to y® pyche clark^ for y« obete and ryngyng xx* 

' No date of probate. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 18 

Ifm to y® belman ij<^ If m to poore pepyll v" also I beqwethe to y* 

' of Mamcbest' all my prykaonge bookis of masse antem^ and 

8qwar(> Hm I beqwethe to my M' ij book^ or volumes of Origen^ 
warkf omeles^ for his lyfe and aft' hym to remayne in y« library 
aforesayd 17m I beqwethe to S' John Bexwyke ij pay re of spec- 
tacles w^ y' cassis to S' Jamis Grene a lytyll booke callyd Evagatoriu 
I?m to S' John Berket a booke callyd Auriu Opus Ifm to S' John 
Ademson a lytyll booke callyd P'cordiale Devote^ w* other warkf 
in y« same Km to S' John Key a booke callyd Forma 9boj w* other 
devote warkes in y^ same Ifm I beqwethe to S' John Coppage y^ 
New Testament of Erasmus translacon and Elucidaciones in Epistola 
Pauli Km I beqwethe my rydyng knyffe to S' John Awdley vycare 
at Lychfeld Km I beqwethe to S' Bic Bradshaw a booke callyd 
Lowdolfe de Vita X^ also I gyfie my prytyd masse booke to Sencte 
Myohaelle awt p^^ce vj> and a pax brede p'c ix Also I beqwethe a 
new ymnall to y« use of qwer for y« psentor to ocupy And all thes 
booke at thes mene deptyng afor namyd from y^ college or when 
Oode schall call them I wyll thay schall remayn to y^ college to be 
dystrybut to y® felows of y« sayd coUeg by y® hand^ of y« M' frome 
tyme to tyme for to edyfy themselfe in vertwe Also I gyve to S' 
John Bexwyk a lytyll booke callyd Costituooes Pvincial^ Also I 
gyve to S' John Ademson a p^tyd musyke boke and to S' John 
Coppage a corinall [?] Also I wyll y* my ij portews be gyvyn to 
sume poore pryst new mayde to pray for me And all y« rest of 
goode I gyve to my ij systers M^gret and Amye and thay to be my 
Aill executors and S' Bic Bradshaw and S' John Coppage to be 
ovsears of yis my wyll and for y' payne truly down to have yche of 
them iij* iiij^ and I wyll y* my systers aforesayd cawse my twel- 
mothe mynd to be done of y« good(> y* I leve thame aft^ y* forme y* 
S' Bauffe Modys was down. 

1 College P 3 [And] Homiliee ? 



14 LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIEB WILLS. 



THE WILL OF ROBERT HOLT OF STUBLEY ESQ.i 

IN the name &c. The xviij^^^dayeof Decerabrein theyereof oure 
Lord Ood m cocco liiij and in the ffjrste and seoounde yeres of 
the reignea of oure sovayrygne lord and lady Phyllippe and Mary &c. 
I Robert Holt of Stublaye in the countye of Lane esquyer sycke in 
body nottw^andynge in pfecte mynde and hoUe of memory thankea 
be to God therfore consyderynge the mysarable estate of ma the daye 
and howre of deathe to be uncerten do orden and make this my 
^sent testamente conteynynge herein my laste wyll in maSS and 
forme folowynge ffyrste and pryncypally I gyve and hoUye bequethe 
my sole to the eternall lyvynge God the only maker and redemer of 
niankynde and my body to be buryed in the chauncell in the 
parysshe ohurche of Rachedale nere wheare my father was buryed 
that ys to saye my fete to lye nere wheare as the head of ray wyffe 
lyethe in as shorte a tyme as any honeste pvysyon can be con- 
venyentlye made for my entyremente The expenses costes and 
charges towchynge my said entyrement to be levyed of my good(> 
by the descresyon of myne executor hearaA? to be named Ifm 
to Elizabethe Holt xl" to be payed at suche tyme as she shall goe 
frome my nephu Robert Holt or be maryed I{ to S' Robert Turnagh 
preiste xl^" to be payed unto hym in thre yeres Il!m to Thomas 
Goreld xx«» Ilm to Alex Brydge xx<>" and the colte whyche I had of 

' Hifl poet mortem inquisition was taken I and 2 Philip and Mary, and hb nephew 
and heir was Robert, son of William IIoU Gent, by his wife Alice, daughter of Sir 
John Sarile of Newhall in the county of York Knt. and of the age of fifty years. — 
Xtfiie. MS8. Tol. xiy. p. 118. According to Glover's Yisitation in 1567, his daughter, 
Margaret Holt, married John Mirfield of Tong Hall in the county of York Esq. 
" liv. 8 Edw. lY." (which date must be erroneous.) He bought abbey lands, rebuilt 
his house of Stubley, conformed to the Reformation, promoted its extension in the 
parish of Rochdale, and was an influential Justice of the Peace. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 15 

hym wbyche was of his mare Ifm to Edmunde Mjlne xl<» to 
be payed in thre yeares lim to Bycbard Holt xl^* to be payed 
in thre yeares Km to Roger Holt xiij^ iiij^ to be payed in ij yeares 
Ihn to my nece Jane y« wyffe of Edward Buttworth' one heifer Itm 
to my cosyn Robert Buttworth one gowne lyned w^ damaske Hm 
to Ryehard Holt a saten dublett Itm to Edmund Mylne a saye 
dowblett n to John Copp a kelter coote Hm wheare as y® said 
Ryehard Holt haithe a lease of y* grsTnnte of me and my said nephu 
of one certen tenement called Breers Depelaychehyll nowe in the 
holdyng of Edward Brerelye yt ys my wyll yf the said Edwarde 
be so coteted that y^ said Ryehard Holt shall haue and occupy y* 
one halff of y* said tenet duryng so many yeres as the said Edward 
haithe yet to expyre And then after that y« said Edward and Isabell 
his wyffe to haue and occupye y^ halffe of y^ said tenemente durynge 
BO many yeres w^n the lease of y* said Ryehard as the said Ric 
shall occupye w^ in theyr lease yf eyther y® sayd Edward or Isabell 
shall so lounge lyve And yf y® said Edwarde wyll not thus be con- 
tented then yt ys my wyll that yf y^ said Edward or Isabell haue 
comytted or hereafter shall commytt any acte or act^ wherby y* 
said tenemente or any pcell therof shalbe forfeted eyther by fall- 
ynge of wooddf or lettyng downe of bowses or any other wayes 
that then and immediatlye evy suche forfeture shall growe and come 
to y« use pfyte and behove of y« said Ryehard Holt And then he 
forthew^ to entre upon the same and yt to occupye accordynge to the 
e£fecte of his lease And yf no forfeture be made then the said 
Ryehard to entre upon y^ hoUe tenemente immedyatly aft^ y® deter- 
mynacon of the said his lease Hm to my said nephu Robert Holt 
y* warde and maryage of Emme Goye nowe beynge my ward w^ all 
suche leases and tack^ of ground^ and tythes of corne or any other 
whatsoev^ they be as I have of any pson or psons llm to James 
Holt iijo» iiij^ Hm to Edward Wardell iijo* iiij<* Km yt ys my wyll 

>OfBelfi«ld. 



16 LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILtS, 

that all suche dett(> as I do owe aswell those that I haue not sett 
uppon my wyll yf any suche can be duly pved as those y^ I haue 
caused to be wrytte herin shalbe truly payed unto who so ev I do 
owe any Itm I wyll that iij of my gretteste brasse potte ij garnysshe 
of pewter yessell iiij fetherbedd^ w^ all thyngQ therto belongynge 
shall remayne att Stubley as heire lomes The resydue of all my 
goode my funerall expences legacies and dette payd I wholly gyve to 
the said Robert Holt my nephu whome I do orden &c. my sole and 
lawfuU executor &c. In wyttnes &;c. These beynge wyttenes Robert 
Tumagh preiste Rychard Holt Henry Holt Edmunde Mylne and 
others. 

From the debts owing by the testator '* to my syst Angnes Barton 
wydowe and her dowghters xiiji* yj" viij^/' From debts owing to the 
testator, ** of Nycholas Say veil vj^ xiij" viij* wherof I wyll that iiij^ 
shalbe gyven toward^) the mendyng of the church of Rachedale and 
byenge of ornament^ to y® same And Iiij* iiij<^ to be geven to pore 
folkes for my sole and for the sowle of Renolde Lighe.^' 

Endorsed as proved before the Dean of Blackburn, but no date of 
probate. 



THE WILL OF ELENOR WIDOW OF ROBERT 
LANGLEY OF AGECROFT ESQ.* 

no Dni m^^ D^^ tricesimo seciido desimo die 

mesis Mali ego Elenora Langley vidua compos et 

1 No date of probate. Eleanor daughter of William Badolyffe of Ordsall Esq. 
married (ooTenants dated I7th Edward lY. Dodsworth toL 87, fo. 164.) Bobert son 
and heir of John Langley of Agecroft Esq., bj whom she had Thomas Langley her 
son and heir, who died in his Other's lifetime ; William, Hector of Prestwioh and 
executor of his mother's will ; Edmund and Laurence, both dead in 1568 ; and Anne^ 
wife of John Glreenhalgh of Brandlesome Esq. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 17 

in corpore codo meu testametu in hue modu In p'mis ego alam 

m^ Deo oipoteti b7e Marie oibi<8% sctis ejus corpusque meu sepelied 

in nova capella in pte australi ecctie pochialis e Marie de 

Pgtwych Km I wyll and beqweth vij marke to y« intet y* an 
honest and well disposed ^st shall pray for y® saule of myn husband 
my saule and all Criste saules and shall by y® space of on zere saye 
dayly y« Dirige w* y* Golet Deus Una spes and oy' divine service 
and masse qwen he ys disposed in y« sayd chapell Also I wyll that 
ij pore scolers shall haue ayther of thaym e9e Fridaye on pene duryng 
y« sayd yere distributed of y« hond^ of y* pst y* shall say masse y' 
that daye And the saides scolers knelyng opon thayre kneys shall 
pray for y« saul() aforesayd duryng y« masse tyme I^m to my cose 
Robert Langley esqer xx^^ I?m to my cose Cecilie hys wj ff vj" viij<* 
Km to my doght Anne Grenehalgh iij^* a stodyng bedde w* y« 
hengyngQ of y® said bedde and an matares Also to my son Edraud 
Langley iij^ Km to my son Laurans Langley iij^ Km to my syst 
Glemes Chetam vjo« viij<i Km to Elenore Fstwych xx«" I?m to y« 
dogh?s of my son Thomas L. Elenore and Jone eyther of thaym xl<»" 
Also I wyll that my son pson [the parson] shall have my fether bedde 
my best matyll a carpet a seller and curte all of qwyte and a oov- 
yng to y« said bedde of tapstre werke Km to y« wyff of Thomas 
Hollond a pan K to Elenore Pstwych and Anne hyr sys? eyther of 
thaym a oofer Km to Alys Bydych a pott and halfe a quartfn of 
yome Km to Oecill Asheto a materes and iij®" iiij* K to y* nurse 
my best curtyll Ibn to my syE^ Glemes my best gowne lltn to Ele 
Gest my workedaye goyne a cowte and a serke Itm to Elynore 
Gheta a curtyll and a serke Km to y® doghters of John Grenehalgh 
Elyzabeth and Anne ey^ of thaym xx<>» Km to S' John Mosse xiij" 
iiijd Km to Jane Gheta my werse gowne I?m to Ane Assheto a 
spruce coAir Ihn to WylFm Langley vj« viij^ Km to y® church of 
Eccles xx<» Km to Thorn's Scheie xij* Km to Elenore Schol^ iiij^ 
Km to my son Wyttm L. peon of Fstwych aforesayde on kow Itm I 



18 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

bequeth xxvj^' viij<^ to bye a sute to say masse in and to be occupied 
in the chapell where I shall be buryett Besiduii vero bono^ meo^ 
n5 p'us legato^ post q'm legata mea inde Aierint soluta do et lego 
distribued p salute aie mee Itm I wyll thatt my cose S' Alex Badcliffe 
knyght be y® supvisor of thys my last wyll Ifm I orde and make 
my sayde son Wyttm L. pson of Fstwych a fore sayd and my servnt 
S' John Mosse p'st the executors of thys my p'sent last wyll to be 
fulfyld accordyng as ys atbre sayd Yeve the daye and yere aboue 
wryte Thes beyng wytteness [of] hyt John Badclyff genl S' John 
Lathu pst S' John Hyll pst and oy^ 



THE WILL OF HENRY TRAFFORD, RECTOR OF 
WILMSLOW.i 



IN the name &c. The foureteenthe day of August 1591 and iathe 
three and thryttyth yeare of the regne of our sovereigne Ladye 
Elizabeth by the grace &c. I Henrye TraiForde clerke pson of Wilmes 
lowe beinge troblet somewhat with infirmytyes yet neverthelesse 
havinge good and pfecte remembraunce and memorie thankes and 
prayse be therefore geven to almightye God And dowtynge the 
uncerteyntye of this lyfe doe ordeyne my last will and testamente &c. 
ffirst I comende my soule unto almyghtye Ood my Greater and 
Maker not dowtynge but moste constantly belevinge that the same 
of his infinyte mercye and goodnes throughe the meritt^ and passion 
of his dearely beloved sonne our Lorde and Savyor Jesus Christe 

^ Froyed I7th September 1691. Henry, fourth son of Sir Bdmtmd Tr&fford of 
Trafford Knt. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ralph Longford of Longford, Knt., 
Sector of Wihnslow, to which living he was presented in 1542 by his brother 
Edmund Trafford Esq. He died 8rd September 1691, and was buried there on the 
day following — SuffiM MSS., and Ormerod, toI. iii. p. 311. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIBE WILLS. 19 

shalbe and remayne amongest the moste blessed copanye of the 
electe saucte in heaven And it is my wyll that my bodye shalbe 
buryed in the place wheare myne uncle Willyam Trafforde was 
bnryed or as nere to the said place as convenyentely may be Also 
that after my deceasse at my buryall M' Oaldewall^ pson of Mober- 
leye shalbe procured to make a sermon theare and he to haue for his 
paynes takynge in that behalfe vj* viij^ Also that theare shall no 
moumynge gownes be geven or had at my said buryall but that tUeare 
shalbe a worshipfuU dynyer made for my frendes that shall happen 
to be at my said buryall Also that all my bookes in Englysh shalbe 
and remayne at and in the parysh churche of Wylmeslowe foresaide 
to the use of the same churche theare Also that whorosoeV shall for- 
tune to serve as curate at the said churche of Wylmeslowe at the 
tyme of my decease shall haue my best gowne Km unto my nevewe 
Edmunde Trafforde of Trafforde esquier one oxe or els foure poundes 
of lawfuU Englysh moneye Also unto my lyttle nevewes Edmunde 
T. and John T. his sonnes two brasse pannes of the best two brasse 
pott(> of the best and six sylver spones equally to be devyded 
betwyxte them Also I will &c. unto Thomas Leighe of Adlington 
and Randell Davemporte of Henburye esquyers eyther of them three 
poundes six shillinges and eighte pence as a remembraunce for their 
gentylnes and paynes takynge in execution heareof And also I doe 
firely forgeve all and every such debte as at the tyme of my deceasse 
shall happen to be owynge unto me or for all come hearetofore soldo 
and now owynge for as also the Easter booke Also that all the 
glasse bed stockes and hyngynges belongynge remnynynge and 
beynge in and aboute the psonage whearein I now dwell w*^ all 
hordes and shelves in the hall butrye and kytchyn one greate fomasse 
of leade w^^ all the bed clothes belongynge to the bed wheare 
Wiihn Massye now lyeth shalbe and remayne at the said parsonage 

' For a biographical notice of this diBtinguiahed preaclier see Derby Soutehold 
Book^f printed by the Chetham Society, p. 132, note. 



20 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to the use of whom it shall fortune to be psone theare after my 
decease Also to Bandell Harryson my servaunte the bed that I lye 
in that is to saye a fetherbed a mattresse a bolster one pyllowe two 
blanckettQ one ooverlette one payre of teare hempe sheets one 
melche cowe and all the rest of myn apparell belongynge to my 
bodye Also to La wrens Hardeyn myn olde servaunte a brasse panne 
best but two Also unto John Smyth my servaunte one cowe calve 
Also* unto fiVaunois Beve my servaunte six stone of scotched hempe 
Itm unto Boberte Brucke and Thomas Bancroft my servaunte eyther 
of theim ten shillyngc over and besydes their wages then dewe unto 
theim Also unto Edmunde Trafforde sonne of Thomas T. my brother 
a cowe calve The resydewe of all my goodes and cattalles I beynge 
broughte home as ys aforesaide my debt^ payed yf theare be anye my 
bequestes and funeralles discharged I geve &c. to my nevewes Alex- 
ander Trafforde Lawrence T. Anthonye T. and John T. equallye to 
be devyded amongest theim And for the sure pforma^n of this my 
said last will and testam^ I doe ordeyne &c. the above named 
Thomas Leighe of Adlyngton and Bandell Davemporte of Henburye 
esquyers my true and lawfull executors to execute &c. as myn espe- 
cyall trust is in theim And I will and desyre my said nephewe 
Edmunde Trafforde esquyre to see the same in all thyng(> performed 
&c. as my faythfull trust ys in him In wytnes &;c. These beynge 
presente &c. John Dale M' Edwarde Grene Humfrey Newton Wil- 
liam Norburye Henry Trayfford.^ 

' This signature is autograph. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 21 



THE WILL OF DAME JANE WIDOW OF SIR LAWRENCE 
SMITH OF HOUGH KNT.^ 



IN the &c. the vj^ daie of Auguste in the yeare of our Lorde 
Ood one thousande fyve hundred fourescore and tenne I Dame 
Jane Smythe widow late wief of S' Lawrence Smyth in the countie 
of Chester knight deceassed somewhat disseased in bodye but whole 
in mynde &c. make my laste will &o. ffirste and principallie I be- 
queath geve and comend my soule &c. I geve and bequeath to S' 
Wiltm Brereton my sonne all such bedding(> and naperye and 
linnens w^^ the oheste wherin the saide linnens be w<^ at this ^sente 
are in my chamber at Brereton I geve unto him lykewaies my plaine 
velvet gowne And wheare he had lefte him by his father S' Wittm 
Brereton knight my firste husband two peeces of goold w<* are not 
nowe to be had I geve unto my saide sonne in steede of these two 
peeces three other peeces of golde Unto my saide sonne also the 
firste choyse of any one of my ringc w*^» stones in theim excepte one 
diamond ringe and one turquoise ringe Unto my saide sonne my 
prayer booke coved w^ massye gold to be an heirelowme unto his 
howse and to be worne by the ladye or M'^s of the hall of Brereton 
from tyme to tyme and first to be enioyed and possessed by her that 
shall happen to be the wief of him that my saide sonne shall make 
and establishe his heire and not before Unto my said sonnes two 
daughters Elenor and Marye eyther of theim an angell or x" of golde 

> ProTed 27tli September 1597. The testatrix wm daughter of Sir Piers Warbur- 
ton of Arley, and married first Sir William Brereton of Brereton £nt., bj whom she 
had Sir William Brereton, created Lord Brereton of Leighlin in Ireland, and five 
daughters, Mary, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Yenables of Einderton Esq., Jane wife 
of John Legh of Booths Esq., Anne wife of Sir Thomas Smith of Hatherton, and 
Susanna. She married secondly, January 20th 1560-61, Sir Lawrence Smith of 
Hough Knt., by whom she had no issue. — Ormerod, vol. iii. pp. 52 and 260. 



22 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Secondlie I geve &c. to Elizabeth Venables my daughter my 
diamond ringe before excepted Unto Thome's Venables esquier my 
sonn in lawe husband unto my saide daughter a ringe w^^ a stone in 
hit for a remembrance Unto my neeses Elizabeth Edgerton and 
Marye Venables daughters of my saide daughter either of theim an 
angell or peice of golde of x' Thirdlye I geve &c. to Anne Smyth 
my daughter my turquoise ringe before excepted and my wrought 
velvet gowne Unto my saide daughter Ann Smithe alsoe the use and 
wearinge of my chaine and all other my Jewell^ not geven or dis- 
posed to anye other by this my laste will for and duringe the tearme 
of her naturall lief and after my saide daughter her deathe my will 
is that the saide cheyne shall remaine unto Laurence Smithe sonne 
of my saide daughter to thend the saide cheyne maye be an heirelome 
to the said Laurence Smithe his heires lord^ and owners of his howse 
And for my Jewell^ my will is that after the death of my saide daughter 
Anne S my the they doe aud shall remayne unto Jane Smyth daugh- 
ter of my said daughter and sister to the saide Laurence Unto 
the said Laurence an angell or peice of golde of x" Unto the [said] 
Jane Smithe one angell or peice of golde of x^ and two little juelles 
snche as my saide daughter her mother by my appoyntem^ is to 
deli? unto her Unto Thomas Smith esquier my sonne in lawe and 
husband of my saide daughter one golde ringe w^ a stone in it and 
one stronge peice of golde w<^^ I had of the guifte of his father S' 
Laurence Smithe knighte my late husband Unto Edwarde Smithe 
my late husbande his yonger sonne one angell or peice of golde of x* 
ffourthlie I geve &;c. unto Jane Leighe my daughter one ringe w^^ a 
stone in hitt and my silke gowne Unto John Leighe esq' my sonne 
in lawe and husband of my saide daughter one golde ringe w%ut a 
stone suche as by my appoyntment my daughter Anne Smithe is to 
deliv unto theim Unto the children of my saide daughter angell(> or 
peices of golde of x" to evye of theim one Unto my cosin Bridget 
Davemport of Davemporte th'elder my weddinge ringe and to her 



LANCA8HIKE AND CHESHIRE IVILLS. 23 

three daughters Elenor Jane and Bridget e9ye of theim one ringe of 
golde Unto my cosin Mary Bressye of the Cliff my fyne clothe 
gowne my plaine velvet doublet a silke curtell and my cloake and 
sanregarde w^ my seconde beste peticote Unto Ellen Perpoynte the 
wief of Henrye Perpoint of Breerton a gowne of bnffen and to 
Elizabeth Edge the curate liis wief of Brereton one other gowne of 
buffen and to Anne ffradsham my sonnes nurse one other gowne of 
buffen Unto M^gret Leighe beinge my waytinge woman at this 
psente for her service and toward() her pferment twentie pound^ 
alsoe I geve unto her a peticoate garded w^^ lace w^ my ridinge 
saddle and all the furniture therto belonginge Alsoe my will is that 
wheare I holde it vaine [and] supfluous to have any pompe or vaine ex- 
penoes aboute my funerall(> in steede of blacky xl^® pound(> I will 
maye be distributed amongste the poore of Namptwich Gongleton 
Brereton Batherton and Wibunburie as by the discretion of my ex- 
ecutor shalbe thought moste needfuU and convenient. Unto Johan 
Heiward my fryze peticoate and desire that my sonne Brereton be 
good unto her at her mariage for an offeringe amongeste his tennantf 
Also I will that a blacke cloath be the cover of the heirse and that 
therbee twoe of theim the one fyner then th'other and the fyner to be 
bestowed uppon the incumbent of the church where I shall fortune to 
be buried and th^other to remaine accordinge to the tyme used Lastlie 
my will is and I geve unto Anne Smithe my daughter all the reste 
of my good^ and chattell^ whatsoever whom alsoe I doe make &c. 
my sole and onelye executor &c. &c. These beinge witnesses W^ 
Perren Richard Ellison Uenrye Ellison. 



24 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF ROBERT DUKENFIELD OF 
DUKENFIELD ESQ.* 



IN the name off God Amen the xxiij^^ daye of Marche in the 
yere of o' Lord God a M. V<^ fortie and sixte and also in the 
fourthe yere of y® reigne of o' most dred sovayne lord Edward y* sixte 
by y^ grace &c. I Robart Dokenfelde sicke in bodie &;c. ffirste I geve 
and bequeth my soule to allmyghtie God and to his blessed mother 
Marie y« virgin w* all ye holye company of heven my bodie to be 
buryed w*in my quire in y® church of Alhallowes of Stockporte K 
I geve and bequethe unto y® hand(^ of my execut'^ y® custodie of my 
sone and heire and I will y^ he shall take and receve of my demens 
yerelye x mark^ to kepe him apon till such tyme as he come to the 
age of xxi^ yere y^ he be able to receve and take y^ pfytt^ of j^ landf 
himeself If I will y^ my execut'(> shall marye my sayd sone and heire 
as y* thynke mete and w* y« mariage good y* y« do take for hyme I 
[will] y* y« shall geve unto y® mariage of my oth^ dought Elen an 
hundreth poundf and to eth^ of my oth^ dought() Jane and M'garet 
one hundreth markc to marie them w^^ and where the sayd mariage 
good afi? y« oulde extent of my land(> will not reche to so grete a 
some after my dettf payed I will y^ my execute shall take of my 
land^ yerely tenn markf unto such tyme as y® sayd mariage good be 
made one hundreth pounds tow huudreth markf to y® use afforesayd 
If I geve to my execut'f y« custodie of my thre dought'e ^^^ 7* 7* 
shall take and receive yerelye of my demenes or land() to fynd them* 

1 No date of probate. The testator was son and heir of John DnJcenfield of Duken- 
fleld Esq. by Jane, widow of Nicholas Langford of Langford (daughter of Sir Nicho- 
las Langford — Marl. M88, 2012, fo. 52). He married Ellen, daughter of Sir William 
Breroton of Brereton Ent., and was ancestor of Col. B.obert Dukenfield, the cele- 
brated parliament officer, whose son was created a Baronet by Charles II. in 1665. — 
Ormerod, toL iii. p. 398. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WItLS. 25 

uppon 7® some of x mark^ If any of tbem go to y« castodie of hir 
moih^ then I will y^ she shall have no pte of j® forsaid tenn markf 
Hm I geve to Banff Dokenfeld my yonn£ sone all those my closes 
medowes or pastures called Brent Yerth y« Warthe Medowe and y« 
New Medowe about y® Oowe Banke House as it is now inclosed 
w*^ hedges and diches lyenge and beynge w^in Brynyngto in y« contie 
of Ohesr and psell of my demenes att *Portwoode and now in y* 
tennure and occupacio of me y^ foresayd Bobart Dokenfeld to have 
&c. to y« sayd Bauffe Dokenfeld my younger sone and to his assignes 
for and durynge all y® life of y® foresayd Banff tot and in name of one 
anuyte of vj mark^ yerely to hyme the sayd Banff yeldynge and pay- 
enge for y® pmysses yerely durynge his liff as is aforesayd to my 
heres execut'(> or assygnes aflp my deceasse one redde rose floure at 
the feaste of the natiyitie of Saynt John Baptiste if it be asket I 
will y^ my sayd sone and heire shall have thoccupacion of y® pmysses 
at such tyme as he cometh to y« full age of xxj yeres payenge unto y« 
sayd Banff or his assignes durynge y^ terme of his liff sixe marke at 
y® feast of y® nativitie of Saynt John Baptiste and Saynt Martyn the 
Bishope in winr by even poreions It I will furthP y^ my execut'Q 
shall have my sayd sone Banff and his aniiyte in y^ kepynge and to 
kepe hyme unto y® scole unto such tyme as Wilhn Dokenfeld my 
sone and my heire come to y* age of xxj yeres and then he to come ' 
to his custodie and be w^ hyme unto such tyme as he be able to take 
and receive y* annuyte hyme self so that in no wise he shall come 
into y« custodie of his moth^ and if she do make any sute for hyme 
if y« lawe be y* she have hime into hir custodie I will y* my execut'Q 
shall kepe y® estate of myne* annuyte mad unto hyme in th^ hand(> 
deliveryng hyme yerlye so much as shalbe like for his exebition and 
kepynge hyme to y^ scole and y« rest to kepe in y^ handQ and deliv 
the estate and it togeth^ unto hyme when he comes to his lawftill 
age If I geve to Bobart Dokenfeld my bastard sone all y^ those my 
teneymetQ and land^ in Dukenfeld in y® sayd coutie of Chesr nowe 

II. E 



26 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

or late in y^ tennor or occupacion of John Benet sone of y* yerely 
rent^ of xxviij'^ iiij^ also all y^ my tenemet() and land(> in Dokenfeld 
afforesayd now or late in y^ tenor or occupacio of George HoUyng- 
worth of y« yerely rent of v« viij^ and also all that my teniment(> 
land^ in Stockeport in the tenure of Nicolas Hybart of the yerelye 
rent of xiij* iiij^ and also all y^ my tenimet and land^ in Stokporte in 
y« tenure of John Brouke of y« yerelye rent of xxij" viij^ and also all y* 
my tenemet^ and lande in Stotporte in y* tenore of Antony Elcoke 
of y® yerely rent of ix* to have and to hold &o. to y^ sayd Bobart 
Dokenfeld my bastard sone and to his assignes for terme of life of y« 
same Bobart yeldynge yerely to Jane SwinSton moth^ of me the sayd 
Bobart durynge hir life and aft^ hir deoesse to my heires and assignes 
durynge y« sayd terme for y« pmysses in Dokenfeld aforesayd lattlye 
in y« occupacio of y« sayd John Benetson viij" of good and lawfull 
money of England at y« feast^ of Saint M^tyne y« Bushope in win? 
and y« nativitie of Saynt John Baptiste by even porcions and also 
yeldynge to y« chefe lord of Stockpord aforesayd and to y« heres for 
y« ^raysses in Stockport aforesayd late in y« occupacio of y« sayd 
Nicholas Hebarte iij" iiij^ and to Wiltm Hide of Urmeston and to 
his heires for y« same xij^ of lawfull money of England at y« feste 
aforesayd and also yeldynge yerely to y« heres and assignes of me 
y* sayd Bobart Dokenfeld for y® pmysses in Stockport aforesayd late 
in y« occupacion of y« said John Brocke xij^ viij^ of lawfull money of 
England at y® feast^ aforemencioned by even porcions also I geve to 
my execute all my goode and cattels unbequested movable and 
unmovable to y* payenge of my dett^ and pformance of my will Also 
I geve to y« hand^ of my sayd execut'^ all my takes or fermes y* I have 
by lease or oth^wise and that y® shall take y® pfitt^ over and besid^ 
y« rentQ toward^ y« payenge of my dett^ and dischargynge of my will 
Also I will y* my execut'e shall receive and take my tithe corne of 
Dockenfeld and Brinington and also j^ tethe come and y® pfitt^ ther- 
of ov y« rente paynge I will shall goo to y« payeng of my dette and 



LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIRB WILLS. 27 

to y® pformance of my will Also I bequeth to y^ pfonnance of my 
will and payenge of my dette x marke ^ it shall appere bSP in this 
boke foUowynge pvided alwayes y* if I doo at any time hereaflp 
geve or bequethe any of my foresayd formes and tak^ unto any of 
my servnts or any oth^ pson y^ it shall stand in as good effecte as if 
thes bequest^ aforesayd had not byne mad and all the rest and rever^ 
sion of my land^ w^ the profitte therof I will y^ my execut'e shall 
take and receve to dischardge the w^U unto such tyme as this my 
laste will be discharged also I will y^ my ezecut'^ shalbe in full 
possession of all my land^ and tenemetQ w^ oth^ my taokes and 
fiirmes payenge out of y^ same yerely aocordynge to this my last will 
Also I orden and make my lawfiill ezecut'Q my trustie and welbeloved 
cosens S' Edmude Treford knyght John Ardren of Hawarden 
Charles Manwaryng of Oroxton esquires and Wiltm Dokenfeld my 
Bone and heire and supvisors S' Richard Houghton S' Bobarte Lang- 
ley of Agecrofte if he be non of my execut'^ S' Wittm Davepport of 
Braall and my cosyns John Beamonde and Bauffe Dolton^ of Hatton 
esquires Ilm I geve unto Wittm Dokenfeld my sone and heire my 
greit twoo edged sword and my lesse tow edged sword w<^ I do 
weare my self w^ my grete new buckler and my short armyng 
sword w^^ my dagar w^^ is garnished w^ sil? and also my batell axe 
w*^> all ottf hamishe belongyng to my bodie and I will y* my exe- 
cut'Q shall deliv all to hime at such tyme as he shalbe able to have 
y® governance of y® same hime selfe Km I will y^ ray exeout'(> shall 
receve of y« haule w*^ y® orchard^ gardens and dere pke at Porwod 
w^ the Grymisbothom in y« coutie of Lancas? and of y« demenes of 
Brynyngton and Dokenfeld yerelye seven mark^ and also I will y^ 
my execut'e shall receve the services pfitt(; and advantage of thes 
tenimentQ followynge in the name of xl^ yerely w^ somes afore 
written do amont unto x marke yerely ov all chargis and reposes 
Also I will that my execut'c shall paye out of y« sayd tenemete as 

» Dutton. 



28 LANCASHIBB AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 

apereth hereafl? ffdrst out of y* tenemet of y^ wife of Robart Oldam 
toward my mothers rent yerely iiij* j^ and also payeng out of y« sayd 
tenemet^ of Rauff Heritage in Dokenfeld Bobart Sele uxor Bobart 
Smith Thom*s High^'m and the wife of Bobart Oldam aforesayd in 
Brynyngton yerely towardea the anuyte of Edmunde Dokenfeld my 
brother xxyj*^ and iiij^ and xiij" of the sayd xxvj" iiij** to be and stand 
for xiij> w<^ the sayd Edmund shuld have had out of y« sayd house 
of Thome's Oldam and the forsayd x marke I will shall go to the 
discharginge of my will and payenge of my dett^ unto such tyme as 
y^ sayd will and dett^ be fully discharged if my good^ and bequestf 
afore written will not discharge the same thes beyng witnes Ed- 
munde Duckenfeld Banff ffydelar Bic Hudson Thome's Enotte John 
Bexwicke and Bobart Lacie w^^ others. 



THE INVENTOBY OF DAME OIOELY DELVES, 
WIDOW.* 



December 29, 1562. The will of '' Dame Gicele Delves off Wes- 
ton wMn the paryshe off Webunburye in the cowntye off Ghesr 
widow late the wyffe off Syr Henrye Delves knyght deceasyd.^* 
After directing the unpaid debts and legacies of her late husband, as 
well as her own debts, to be paid, she bequeaths all the residue to 
her ^'welbelovyd sone Bawffe Delves,^' whom she appoints her 
executor. '^ In witnes whereoff to this my last wyll &c. I the sayd 
Dame Gicele have put my marke the day and yeare aboveseyd in the 

' Oioelj daughter of Bichard Brook, Lord Chief Baron of the Ezohequer of London, 
married 4 Henry Yin. Sir Henry Delves of Doddington Ent., Sheriff of Cheahire 
29 and 37 Henry VIIT., and waa buried at Wybunbury 3 January 1662 [1562-3.] 
Ormerod, vol. iiL p. 268. The will containB nothing of interest. — J. F. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 29 

^sens oflf the ryght worshTpffuU Syr Wyttm Brooke dearke Mathew 
Woode* vicare off Wybunburye and Richard Turner w* others." 

Hereafter ffolowytht the trew inn^entorye off all the goodes and 
cattalle moveable and unmoyeable off Dame Gicele Delves wedow 
late the wyffe off S' Henrye Delves knyght latelye deceasyd taken 
the jx day off Januarye a<> Dmi 1562 [1562-3] and ihdifferentlye 
preyseyd by Mathew Wood vicare off Wibunburye Randall Wood- 
net Richard Slade and Robert Wood yomen. 

In my ladyes chameber In primis one iron bownden chest next to 
M' Brookes chameber viij fflaxen table clothes liij« iiij^ — vij diapur 
table clothes jx^* vj» viij^ — v dyapur table clothes off a lesse sort 
xxv]« viijd — vj dyapur cuppord clothes xl« — vj diapur towells off 
the largest sorte iiij^ — vj dyapur towells of a lesse sorte xxiiij" — 
ij cowrse dyapur towells ij^ viij* — v pleyne fflaxen towells off y« 
largest sorte xv« — iij ffyne contbanes off dyapur vj^ — xj damaske 
table napkyns xviij* iiij<^ — xiij damaske table napkyns off a cowrser 
sort xiij" — xij dyapur table napkyns xij« — v other dyapur table 
napkyns iij" iiij^ — viij co&banes off dyapur xiij« iiij<* — the same 
iron bownden chest x» Suma totalis xx\^ iiij« iiij<* — One iron bown- 
den chyste next to the fiyre vj payre off ffyne sheetes and one old 
sheete xj^* — vj peyre off fflaxen sheetes iiij^ — iiij peyre off fflaxen 
sheetes xl> — the same iron bownden chyste xiij' iiij^ Soma totalis 
xvij^ xiij" iiij^ — In one iron bownden chiste standinge at the hedde 
off y« steyre jx fiyne fflaxen sheetes iij^ — v peyre off fflaxen sheetes 
xxvj» viij^— iiij peyre off newe reydynge sheetes xxxv» — v peyre 

1 16th July 3 Edward YL, Matthew Wood presented by Richard, Biahop of Lich- 
field, to Wybtinbury, vacant by the resignation of Bichard Walker. In Ormerod's 
list of Yicars he is erroneously named Matthew Ward or WalL 23rd June 12 Eliza- 
beth, Matthew Wood gave bond to the Bishop on his institution to the vicarage of 
Wybunbury, to which he was presented by Edward Holland of Denton Esq. and 
Bichard Wood of Kenyon in the county of Lancaster, vacant by the death of Mat- 
thew Wood, — JEUffiHry^ Chester. 



so LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

oif reydinge sheetes xxx" — the same chiste ziij^ iiij^ Suma x^ x'. 
In one square iron bownden chiste one clothe off nylde worke myxte 
w* gold xl» — iiij cuppord carpetts off Turkey worke viiji^ — one 
table carpett off the same woorke iij^ vj^ viij^ — one other table car^ 
pett off tapestrye woorke xxvj" viij^ — one bedd coveringe off arras 
worke iiij^ — ij littell carpetts ffor wyndowes off tapestrye vj" — the 
same chiste xiij* iiij^ Suma xix^ xij" viij<^ — Yet in the same chame- 
ber one bedde one bolster and ij pyllowes off downe and one bedd off 
strawe vij^ — one ooverynge off tapestrye xx» — one payre off sheetes 
xvj8 — one payre off blanketts viij» — one turnge bedstyd w* stesto^'s 
and curteynes off greene say xx" — one ffetherbed one bolster and ij 
pyllowes iiiji* xiij» iiij^ — one peyre off blanketts x* — one coverynge 
of arras woorke xx" — one square cuppord iij» — one rownd table ij" 
viij^— iiij throwen cheares ij" viij<^ — one littell caskett v" — ij 
awndyrons j ffyre shovell and j peyre off tonges iij" viij<* — henginges 
to tlie same chameber xx" Summa totalis xviij^* iiij" iiij^ — In the 
meydens chameber over the bedd next to the dore one ffetherbed one 
bolster one pillow off downe and one mattresse Iiij" iiij^ — one cover- 
lett to the same bedde w^ one blankett xij" — one the bedd next the 
poole one ffetherbedde and one old ooverlett xvj" — one the thrydd 
bedd in the same chameber one ffetherbedd one mattresse one bolster 
ij pillowes whereoff one ys off downe xxx" — ij eorerletts to the 
same bedde x" — iij bedstiddes vj" viij<* Suma vj^* viij" — In M' 
Brookes chameber one bedd one bolster ij pillowes off downe yiij^^ 

— one peyre off sheetes to the same bedde xx" — one coverynge the 
same xxvj" viij^ — one payre off blanketts x" — the bedstyd tester and 
curteynes xv" — one shottynge table xij" — one rownd table iij" iiij* 

— one redd mantell v' — ij throwen cheares xvj* — ij andyrons and 
one peyre off tonges xx* Suma xij^^ xv" — In the store howse one 
iron bownde chest x" — iiij pyllowes off clotht off tyssewe and 
stuffyd w* downe liij^i — iij sylke pyllowes stuffyd w* downe xxx^ — 
vj quyshins picturyd w* the lambe xxx^ — vj quyshins pycturyd w* 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 31 

the rose xx" — the best coverynge off arras woorke vji> xiij* iiij<* — one 
cownterpoynt ffor a bedd off the same worke xl* — one table carpett 
off checker woorke xx« — one other carpett off the same woorke xx» 
— ij short table oarpetts off the same woorke x> — one cuppord 
carpet iij" iiij^ — iij great greene table oarpetts x" — ij peare off 
{Fbstian blanketts xxvj' viij^ — one payre off the best blanketts 
XX* — one payre off the second blanketts xiiij« — ij peyre off the 
cowrsest blanketts xiiij" — one coverynge off arder lyned w^ canvasse 
iijU Yjs yiijd — one old coverynge iij» iiij^ — iiij pillowes of downe 
xxvj* viijd — iij bolsters xx» — one old coverynge off arras woorke 
ijs — ij old coverletts one mattresse one bolster and one twyll sheete 
xij« — quyshens one greene and the other checcker ij» — xx dyson off 
fflaxe and hempe x« — xij slippinges off linnen yame viij» — iij 
throwen cheares xviij* — one styllatorye vj" viij^ — one brasse tyn- 
kers panne iij" iiij<* — one olde chaffer iiij" — iij bundells off fflaxe 
ij" — one bagge off fflockes iij" iiij^ — one twyll sheete ij" — ij pyl- 
lowes off downe x" — xxvj yardes off newe canvasse xxv" — ij 
candelstickes ffor tapers iij" iiij<* — one bynge ffor a pantrye x^ — iiij 
great potts iij littell pottes one bason and ij ewers x" Suma totalis 
xxxvj^ xjx" ij^ — In Bauffe Delves chameber iij pillowes off downe 
and one bolster xx" — one coverynge xxvj" viij^ — one peyre off 
blanketts X" — one mattresse and one strawe bedde x" — one peyre 
off sheetes x" — the bedstyd w* the curtens xiij" iiij<* — one chiste vj" 
viij^ Snma iiij** xvj" viij^ — In the yomens chameber one ffether- 
bedde next to the store howse doore w^ ij bolsters a mattres and a 
strawe bed xxiij" iiij^ — ij coverletts a blankett and a peyre off 
sheetes xxj" — the same bedstyd vj" viij<^ — one ffetherbed next to 
the same w* ij bolsters and j pillowe xl" — one coverynge off arres 
woorke xx" — ij olde coverletts v" — iij blanketts xiij" iiij^ — the 
bedstyd vj" viij* — one peyre off sheetes ij" viij^ — the same bedstyd 
iiij" — one ffetherbed next to the same w^ ij bolsters and one old 
mattresse iij** — the same bedstyd iij" iiij^ — one ffether bed next to 



32 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

the same w* ij bolsters and one strawe bed xx» — ij coverletts x* — 
ij blanketts viij" — one peyre oflF sheetes vj» — the same bedstyd iiij" 
— one ffetherbedd next to the same w^ ij bolsters xx' — ij coverletts 
xiij« iiij^ — one blankett xij^ — one peyre off sheetes xij*^ — the same 
bedstyd ij^ — one benche off throwen woorke ij« — one boord xvj* — 
in one chest standinge in the same chameber vj large platters at iiij^ 
a pease xxiiij^ — ij weshinge basens iiij* — ij great voyders x« — vij 
new small dyshes vij» — xx newe sawoers xiij" iiij^ — xiiij off the 
best platters xxviij" — xij plates ffor ffruite viij» — vj lesser plates 
iij8 — iij plates to ley under venyson ij* — vj olde platters x" — vj 
olde small dyshes iiij» — vj olde sawcers ij* — ij pottage dyshes xx^ 
X platters xx« — jx small dyshes xij* — vj platters xij* — the same 
chiste V* Suma totalis xxij^^ xvj* viij* — In the hyndes chameber one 
mattresse w*one bolster ij* iiij^ — ij olde coverlitts iij* iiij^ -^ ij twyll 
sheetes ij* — one peyre off sheetes ij* — iij bedstiddes ij* Suma xj* 
viij^ — In the parler in one iron bownden cheste vj table clothes off 
Reydinges xij* — viij oowrser table clothes off reydinges x* viij<* — 
iiij fflaxen table clothes xiij* iiij^ — ij fflaxen table clothes iiij* — viij 
towels off Reydinges xxxiiij* — ij dyapur towells ij* — ij olde dyapur 
table clothes viij* — iij dyapur cuppord clothes one off f&axen and 
ij off Reydinges v* — one dosen table napkyns off Reydinges iiij* — 
iij dosyn off fflaxen table napkyns xviij* — one peyre off fflaxen 
sheetes x* — v payre off reydinge sheetes xxv* — the same chiste 
xiij* iiij<^ — jx cheares vj* — v quishins viij*iiij<i — one carpet v* — 
the table vj* viij* — one carpett ffor the rownd table ij* — the rownd 
table ij* viij^ — one cuppord ij* viij^ — one pleyne chiste iij* iiij^ — 
one payre off aundyrons vij* — one payre off tonges a ffyreshoole 
and a payre off bellowes iiij* — iij pictures v* — the henginges xxvj* 
viij^ Suma xj" xviij* viijd — In the hall ij tables and ij fformes x* — 
one square table v* — one littell cuppord ij* — one throwen benche 
ij* — vj cheares iiij* — one iron fforke ij* viij^ — the payntyd clotht 
over the hyghe bowrd vj* viij^ Suma xxxij* iiij<^ — In the Buttrye 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 33 

XV oandelsiokes xxx' — iij washinge basens jx" — ij voyders v" — 
pewter pottes ij" — one throwen benche xvj<* — the great table vj" — 
one littell cuppord xx^ — one close table if Suma xxxvij" — In the 
day howse ij off the byggest olde pannes x» — iij littell pannes v» — iij 
brasse potts xiij" iiij* — one trevyt xx*' — ^xj cheese ffattes iij« iiij* — one 
chome xvj* — one close bowke xvj* — ij great treene basens xij^ — 
ij treene steanes iiij^ — one littell stownd iiij^ — iij payles xvj^ — one 
hoggeshed w* verges vj» viij^ — one ffringe panne iiij^ — ij bowrdes w* 
tressels xvj^ — one skymmer ij* — one syghe dyshe iij* Suma xlvij^ 
jx* — In the baokehowse one great brasse potte iij^ vj" viij* — one 
great brasse panne w^ a corbe xx* — ij littell brasse pannes viij* — ij 
longe brendyrons x" — xjx fflitches off baken iij^ — iij great combes 
XXX" — iiij tamells xv" — iij rownd tumels iij" — one densinge sive 
xyjd — xxiiij barells xl" — ij trowghes and onebootinge tubbe v" — 
iiij eshins and one piggen iij" — iij basketts xvj* — viij syves xvj* — 
ij here syves xvj* — vij seckes or bagges ij* — a beare fframe iij" iiij* 
— short boord iiij* — one slynge w* cordes and hookes iiij* Snma 
xiij^ xij" — In the ketchin iiij broade spittes xiij" iiij* — iiij narow 
spittes viij" — ij small spittes xx* — one peyre off dowble gobartes x" 
— iiij rackes iiij peyre off hookes and one barre off iron x" — ij trevetts 
a ffyre fforke and a ffyre shoole v" vj* — ij grydyrons v" — ij ketchin 
knyves xvj* — ij choppinge knyves vj* — v drepinge pannes viij" — 
one ffryinge panne xij* — one scymmer and ij brasse ladells xiiij* — 
ij chaffynge dyshes iiij« — one stewynge potte w* a cover v« — one 
caldron v" — ij posnetts v]" — ij great pottf xxxiij" iiij* — ij other 
potts XXV]" viij* — iij lesse potts xviij" — iiij small potts xviij" iiij* — 
one great brasse panne xiij" iiij* — iiij littell pannes xv" — one skellet 
viij* — one chaffer iij" iiij* — one brasse morter w* a pestell viij" — 
one littell morter ij" iiij* — one peyle vj* — one cheare viij* — iij 
boordes ij" Snma xj^ ij" viij* — In the larder howse one voyder ij" 
viij* — iiij plates ffor trenchers ij" — vj platters xij« — vj platters of 
another sort x" — vij small dyshes viij* — vj lesse dyshes vj" — iiij 



34; LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

off the best sawcers ij* — vj off the cowrser sawcers ij* —one colen- 
der x^ — iij closse bowkes iiij" — one powdrynge trowghe iij" iiij^ — 
one same vj" — one salt pyye [sic] xij" — ij salt tubbes w* a ryndelet 
xviijd — ij boordes and ij shelffes xx* — ij treis xij<i Suma iij^^ iiij" — 
In the cowrte yj leydes liij" iiij* — In the hacke howse jx iron cheynes 
xij» — ij copsoUs xvj* — iiij bylles ij" viij<^ — ij axes and one hatchett 
ij8 — iij mattockes iiij* — v sythes iij" iiij^ — one fframynge sawe ij* 

— ij spades iiij^ — iiij muckefforkes xvj^ — one woorthinge hooke ij* 

— X hengled yokes w* bowes x" — ij yokes unhenglyd viij^ — iij plowes 
w^ irons viij" — one peyre off plowghe irons xx<^ — ij harrowes w* 
pinnes iij» iiij*^ — vij oxe bowes xvij<* — viij blowghe beames ij" viij* 

— XT appeltryes vij" vj* — xx*y« trockes xx* — one kynd off spokes 
X* — xij plowghe tayles xij* — ij wheels plowghe beames iiij* — one 
iron bownden weyne xliij" iiij* — one other iron bownden weyne 
XX" — one woollen weyne iij" — one payre off parynges vij" — iij 
iron wedges xvj* Suina \\j^ iiij" v* — In the barne one great compe 
[sic] X" — ij bays off rye xV^ — barlye in the same barne viij^ — 
one baye off otes xiji* Suma lxi» x" — Cattayll at Weston ij ffatte 
oxen vij^ — iij other ffatte oxen viji* — x drawght oxen xxiij^ vj" 
viij* — iiij steares viij^^ — xxij melchekyen w* iij calves xxxiij^ xiij" 
iiij* — one bull xl" — xxiiij twynters xxiiij^ — xxiij styrkes xji** — 
^xij yewes xiiiji^ xiij" iiij*— iiij mares and ij nagges vj^^ — ij 
boares x" — ij great sowes xiij" iiij* — ij lesser sowes x" — iiij yonge 
swyne xij" — come uppon the grownd in one fl^lde iiij*^ — come 
in one other ffyelde iiij^* xiij" iiij* — one baye off barlye xiiij^ 
Suma Clxiiij viij" viij* — Cattayll and come at Kele — iiij three 
yeare olde steares vj^^ xiij" iiij* — v heffers off the same yeare vj^^ 
xiij" iiij* — one ffatte cowe xxiiij" iij* — one stagge xl" — ij mares 
and ij coltes iiijii — » hogges tuppes and wethers xiij^» vj" viij* — 
iiij swyne xij" — come on the grownd viij^ xiij" iiij* — come at 
Hatherton on the grownd v^ vj" viij* — xxviij shepe at Halffes Iiij" 
iiij* — plate off sylver Ix^ Suma Cxj*^ xij" — Yet naprye and linen 



lANCABHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 35 

at Weston — ^xij reydinge napkyns iiij« — one reydinge towell xx^ — 
ij reydinge table clothes iij» iiij<^ — iij olde fflaxen table clothes iij» — 
one peyre off fflaxen sheetes xx' — another peyr off fflaxen sheetes 
)^8 viijd — one fflaxen table clothe xij» — one fflaxen towell iij" — ij 
fflaxen cuppord clothes x* — one fflaxen sheete yj« — one peyre off 
reydinge sheetes ^» viij^ — one olde reydinge sheete ij^ — ij peyre 
off canvasse sheetes viij^ — iiij peyre off olde canvasse sheetes iiij> 
— iiij bowkynge tables and one hoggeshed v" — ij twyll sheetes 
iij" Suma v** iiij" iiij^^ — Suina totalis omniu v« Ixxiij^ viij» viij^. 



TESTAMENTUM CUM INVENTORIO RICARDI HALSALL 
REOTORIS DE HALSALL.^ 



IN the name of God Amen The vij^ daye of August in the 
yere of owr Lord God mv« and threescore and j and the 
second yere of the reygne of o' sovereygne Ladye Elizabeth by the 
grace &c. I Richard Halsall clerk psone of the pishe churche of 
Halsall in the cowntye of Lancastre beinge sicke &c. ffyrst and 
principallye I commend my sole onto the handes of Almyghtye God 
my Maker and Redemer to his onely sone Jesus Christe my Sa- 
viour and Redemer in whome and by the merits of whose blessyd 
death and passion is all my hole trust of deare remission and for- 
geavenes of all my sinnes And I will that my bodye shall be 
buryed in the chancell of the piche churche of Halsall afore sayd 

» Proved 14tli October 1563. The Bector was third son of Sir Henry Halsall of 
Halsall Knt. by Margaret, daughter of Jamea Stanley. His great nephew Sir Richard 
Halsall left a natural son. Sir Cuthbert Haball of Halsall, whose eldest daughter and 
coheiress, Elizabeth, married Thomas, son of Sir Cuthbert Clifton of Westby. — 
Dodsworth, vol. v. fo. 137. The present representative of the family is John Talbot 
Clifton Eaq. of Lytham Hall. See Stanley Papert^ Fart ii. Notes p. 116. 



86 I.ANCASHIR]!: AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

in the towmbe made in the wall uppon the north syde of the same 
churche Km to be distributed and delt in almes at the day of my 
buryall amongest my pisheners and other poore folkes at the dis- 
cretion of my executors twentye pownd(> and that soche further 
expenses and costes be made and bestowed in and uppon my sayd 
buryall as shalbe thowght necessarye and convenient by my sayd 
executors in that behalfe And whereas Wiftm CoUey of Windell in 
the sayd cowntye of Lancastre by his couveyaunce in the lawe 
hath bargeyned and morgaged unto me the sayd Bic Hakall and 
to myne heyres and assignes for ever certeyne land^ and heredita- 
ment^ w^^ their apptenances w**»in the sayd cownty of Lane uppon 
condicion that yf he or his heyres doe paye or cause to be payd 
unto me the sayd fiichard Halsifdl my heyres &c. the sume of xl 
and syxe pownd() xiij* and iiij^ at certeyne daye or dayes menc5ed 
in his sayd conveyaunce y^ then ytt shall be lawfull for him and 
his heyres to reenter into the same lands and hereditaments &c. 
Nowe as towchiuge the disposition of the same land^ tent^ &c. 
I will &c. all the sayde lande &^d tent^ and all other my landf 
tent^ and hereditamtf whatsoever they be w^ their app'tenances 
sett lyinge and beinge in the towne piche fyeldf and territorye of 
Latham in the sayd cowntye of Lane or in auye other place w^in 
the realme of England unto John Halsall sone of James Halsall of 
Altcarre in the saide cowntye gen? and to the heyres of the bodye 
of the sayd John lawfullye begotten And for default &c. then I 
will &;c. that all and singler the sayd lande tentQ and hereditam^ 
w*^ all and singler theire apptenances shall remeyne fall come and 
be unto Richard Halsall brother unto the sayd John and to his 
heyres for ever Hm unto my sayd cosin John Halsall sone of 
James Halsall the some of fowre score and eighteene pownd^ iij> 
iiij^ towarde his exhibition at leaminge where my executers shall 
appoynt Item unto my nephewe Henrye Halsall esquyer one 
bruyche of gold w* the picture of Saynet John Baptist thereuppon 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIKE WILLS. 37 

And also a sylver cuppe gylt w*^ a cover Km to M' Halsall the 
yonger one girdell garnished w*** silver Km unto my brother 
James Halsall of Hesken fyve markes Item to my sister Ursula 
Halsall "iryffe to my brother Edward Halsall one tablet of gold 
Itm to S** John Prescott my servant and curate one hole yeres 
wages Item I will &c. that all other my howsehold servantf 
takinge wages shall have e^ye of theym a peece one halfe yeres 
wages and that aU other my servant^ takinge no wages shall have 
e9ye of theym a peece v" I?m to my godson Thome's Eccleston xl» 
Km to Anne Halsall my goddawghter dawghter to James Halsall my 
servant xx^ markes and asmoche more as at the discretion of myne 
executors shall be thowght good toward() her p'ferment in mariage 
Item unto Bic Halsall sone to the sayd James Halsall my servant 
xx^* powndes Ifm unto James Aehemell xx^ and more as to the 
discretion of myne executors shalbe thowght good And of the ex- 
ecution of this my pnt testam^ &c. I make &c. my right trustye and 
welbeloved S' Thomas Stanley knight and my trustye servant and 
kinsman James Halsall myne executors And I bequeth to the sayd 
S' Thomas Stanley for his peynes takinge therein xx^ and to the sayd 
James Halsall for his peynes takinge therein x pownde And over- 
seers of this my last will I doe make and ordeyne the right honor- 
able Edward erle of Derbye and my brother Edward Halsall And 
I bequeth to the sayd Edward erle of Derbye my best standinge 
cuppe and to my seyd brother Edward Halsall the sume of xx^ 
And further my will and mynd ys that over and above all the sayd 
legacyes my executors shall geave and bestowe as farre as the rest 
of my good^ will extend accordingeto soche information as I shall 
by word of my mouthe assigne addmitte and appoyut hereafter to 
my sayd executors at any tyme durynge my naturall liffe The 
residewe of all my goodc and cattail^ unbequethed after my debtf 
payd my legacyes and funerall expenses payed pformed and dis- 
charged I will &;c. that my sayd executors shall dispose and be- 



S8 LANCASHIRE AND CHJ5SHIRE WILLS. 

stowe the same in suche almes deedes of woorkes of m'^cie and 
charitye as to their good wisdomes and dispositions shall seeme 
good or be thowght most needefull and necessarye accordinge [to] 
the especiall truste and confidence that I have and repose in them 
And I utterlye revoke and adnulle all other former testam^ willes 
&c. And I will that this my pnt testam^ and last will together w^ 
all the legacyes gyftes bequestes executors and overseers herein 
made named and ordeyned shall ppetuallye stand and remeyne for 
my verey last will and testam^ and none otherwyse In witnes 
whereof to this my piit testam* and last wyll I have sette my scale 
geaven the daye and yere above written. 

In the name of Godd Amen The xxiiij^^ daye of June ano Dni 
1563 and in the fiefte yere of the reygne of owre so9agne Ladye 
Elizabeth by the grace^ &c. I Richard Halsall clarke doe make 
this my last will &c. And doe will that the same shalbe annexed 
and taken as pcell of the former will by me heretofore made In 
primis unto my servant Richard Asmoll ffortye shillinges I^m to 
Richard Dogeson ffortye shillinges Item to Anne Halsall dawgh- 
ter of my nephew Richard Halsall decessed ffortye shillinges 
towards her mariage Item ytt ys my will that my executors shall 
bestowe on chalece p'ce iiij^* xiij« iiij^ to the use of Halsall churche 
soe as my executors shall thinke convenient Item I geave towardf 
the amcndm^ and repation of Mellinge chapell ffortye* Km toward^* 
the reparation of MaghuU chapell xx*^® shillings Item for asmoche 
as I am in certeyne ho we my good^ will serve toward q the dis- 
charge of my funeral!^ debt^ and my legacyes in my former will 
expressed it ys therefore my will that after the discharge thereof 
Marye Halsall dawghter of James Halsall my servant shall have 
towarde the ^ferm* of her mariage as the same goode will extend 
These beinge witnes Edward Halsall esquyer Henrye Moorecroft 
phisitian John Prescott preest Henrye Croston Richard Dogeson 
and Richard Asmoll w*^ others. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 39 

Extracts from ''The Trewe Inventorye of all the goode and 
cattails of Richard Halsall clerke late psone of Halsall decessyd'^ : 

In primis one drinkinge cuppe called a nutte garnished w*** 
sylver and gylte bequested to y« erle of Derbye v^ Item one drink- 
inge cuppe w* a cover gilt bequested to M^ Halsall xl^« viijd Item 
one other littell beere cuppe w*^ a cover gilte xlv* Item one other 
drinkinge cuppe w*^ a cover gilte being a pledge for iij^ — iiji» Item 
one standing cuppe w^ a cover gilte p estimacionem xxj ounc^ iiij^ 
xiij" iiij^ Item ij saltes w**» covers gilte yj^ vj^ viij^ Item one small 
white goblett silver playne xxx^ Item one white boole silver playne 
XXX" Item one boole pounsed pcell gilte in the bottome liij" iiij^ 
Item one dosen silver spownes w*^ knoppes iij^ vj« viij^ Item one 
forked sponne silver at v" Item sixxe silver spownes w**» knoppes 
xxx» Item xj silver spownes w^owte knoppes liij» iiij* Item one 
ffaire chalese bequested xxj ouncQ dowble gilte iiiji* xiij» iiij^ Item 
one other chalese being a pledge of S' Thomas Wuddes gayged 
for xxvj* viijd Item in golde xxxvj^ Item in silver and pence iiij** 
Item one girdell w*^ silver pendent^ x" 



THE WILL OP RICHARD LEE OP LEE.» 



IN the name of God Amen I Rychard Ley of the Lee in the 
cowntie of Chester gentylma the xx*'* day of November in 

1 No date of probate. Biohard, son of Bobert Lee of Lee Esq. by Ellen, daughter 
and coheiress of Bobert MinshuU of Hulgrere, married first Margery, daughter of 
Biehard Harwood of Stronglow in the county of Stafford, by whom he had Bobert, 
who died an infant, and Winifred, wife of Boger de Madeley. He married secondly 
Alice, daughter of Biehard Glyye of Huxley, and had issue Biehard Lee, afterwards 
blighted, Laurence, William, Edmund, Anne, Saiah, and Margaret. From this 
family the Lees Earls of Lichfield (extinct in 1776) derived their descent. — Ormerod, 
Tol. i. p. 466. 



40 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

the yere of the raygne of Elizabeth by the grace &c. the fyeft 
beyinge at this p'sent somethynge vysyted w*^ sycknes &e. and 
also myndynge to gyve aud bestowe my good(; and eattaill^ and 
lande to my wyfe and chyldren whome I wold shuld w*^ quiatnes 
enjoye the same accordynglye do make this my last wyll &c. ffyrst 
I bequeth my sowle to allmyghtye Grod tnistynge by the meryttQ 
of his blessed passion to be one of the number of theym that 
shalbe saved and to enherytt the kyngdome of heaven and my 
boddye to be buryed in the pishe churche of Wybuburye amongest 
my anncestors att my wyves forme end Item I bequethe to Rychard 
Lee my sonne and heyre appon [sic] the good^ and cattail^ here- 
after named for and in the name of hys heyre lomes that ys to 
wytt my best syl9 salt and on dosen of my best sylv sponnes my 
best ringe of gold beyinge a sygnet havinge the scale of my armes 
therein graven on standynge pece gyldet and on sylv cuppe pcell 
gylt w^ all my harmes my best bedd and all thynge thereunto 
belongynge my best brasse pan my best brasse potfc w^ the best of 
all kynd of howsehold stuffe Item to Lawrence Lee my sonne xx^ 
in gold and to Wyllih Lee my sonne xjfi in gold and to Edmund 
Lee my sonne xx^^ lyk wyse in gold and to my doughters Anne 
Lee Sara Lee and M^garet Lee cvy of them xx^^ in gold and 
moneye W^ ys and reraaynethe in my chest and yf there want in 
my chest in redye gold and money to fulfyll the sayd legacies then 
I wyll that my woUe be sold and the sayd legacyes fulfyUed of the 
money that shalbe taken for the said woUe Also to my doughter 
Wenefryde xx^ so that she make no tytle nor sute to eny of the 
lande of my owne enherytaunce and yf she do make any tytle to or 
for eny of my sayd lande then I wyll that she shall have but xl" for 
her chyldes pte of goode Also I wyll that all the rest of my goode 
cattalle and dette not before bequested be equallye devyded in two 
pte the on pt thereof to Alys my wyfe and thother pte to my sayd 
chyldren Lawrence Wyttm Edmond Anne Sara and M^garett Lee 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 41 

equally to be devyded so that my dett^ foStallQ and other legacyes 
hereafter mecioned be discharged of those sayd two pt^ of my 
goode [and] cattalle Item I wyll that yf eny of my sayd chyldren 
fortune to dye before the age of xiiij*«» yeares then the pte of 
goode to that chyld before bequested shall remayne amongest the 
rest of my sayd chyldren lyvynge equallye to be devydett Item to 
Lawrence Lee of Wybubury xx^« yerelye rent to be pceyved and 
taken yerely owt of the messuage and land^ now in the holdynge 
of Rob? Wever my tenant durynge the naturall lyfe of the sayd 
Lawrence in discharge of the foure nowbles to hym bequested by 
the last wyll and testament of S' Bobf Lee darke decessed brother 
to the sayd Lawrence Lee Item I wyU that my wyfe shall have 
the grownd [and] pastures hereafter named to the use and 
bryngyng uppe of my sayd chyldren for and durynge xiiij**^ yeres 
next after my decease payinge therefore the old rentf as the have 
ben letten that ys to wytt one pasture called the Smethe Lookett and 
EnoUe Croft at the yerelye rent of xx^ And on pasture called 
Hychens Hyllea at the yerely rent of viij" And on pasture called the 
Busshe Mosse at the yerely rent of iij" And on other pasture [called] 
Heynes Feild^ at the yerely rent of xiij" iiij^ And two pastures 
called Tomkyns Feild(> at the yerely rent of x" She to have all the 
sayd Iand(> and suche other land^ as I hold be lease of my grand- 
mother Ohydlowe, and the sayd Lawrence Lee of Wybuburye to all 
pfyttc doynge no wast. And she to brynge uppe my sayd chyldren 
in godly and honest order And also kepynge her selfe sole and 
unmaryed And yf she do marry ageyne and take an nother husbande 
then I wyU that my other executors shall have and en?meddell w^ 
the orderynge and settynge forthe of my sayd chyldren and they^ 
goode Item I wyll that my brother in lawe Bauflf Olyflf gen? and Law- 
rence Woodnet to have the orderynge and rule of my sayd doughter 
Wenefryd And yf she wylbe ordered by them and also suffer Andrew 
Bowyer her uncle to enjoy e suche and so moche of her pt of the Stone- 

II. o 



42 LANCASHIEE AND CHBSHIBE WILLS. 

low aocordynge to 1117 lease in discharge of my executory then she to 
have xx^ before to her bequested yf she will not then to have but xl" 
as before bequested Item to my brother Ryohard Glyff my best sat- 
ten qwyest and my best cappe to my cosyn Edmond Gruffyn my best 
clooke to my brother Banff Olyff my newe gowne Item to my 
brother Lawrence Wodnet my gold rynge havynge a horse hedd 
therein graven w**» my tawne velvett purse and my yelvett gyrdell 
Item to Robert Weaver my tenaunt my secund blake coote and to 
John Lawton my best blaoke coote and on payre of howse and my 
blacke spruse purse Item to Lawrence Lee of Wybuburye my uncle 
my best fryse coote and to John OoUe my tenaunt my new fustyon 
dowblet and on payre of howse Item to George Wodnet my systers 
Bonne my hope rynge of gold that hys mother gave me Item to 
Thomas Honyat my servaunt my old fryse coote and my old dowblet 
And for the trewe pformance of this my sayd last wyll and testament 
I doe ordeyn constitute and make my trew and lawfuU executors 
Alys my derely beloved wyfe Rychard Olyff my brother in la we Ed- 
mond Gruflfyn my kynseman and Lawrence Woodnett of Gteuseley to 
order all thyng() accordynge to the trewe intent and meaninge of 
this my sayd wyU In wytnes whereof I the sayd Rychard Lee to 
this my psent last wyll and testament have subscribed my name and 
putte my scale the daye and yere above wrytten 

p me Bichardii Lee. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 43 



THE WILL OF ELIZABETH GRIMSDIOH.^ 



IN the name of Ghxl Amen The twelfe day of Julie a^ 1592 an^ 
regni dne regine tricessimo quarto ef I Elizabeth Grimsdioh of 
Grimsdiofa in the parrish of Great Bud worth in the countie of Chester 
widow late wiffe of John Grimsdich esquiere decessed although nowe 
being whole in bodie and of good pfect remembrance all prayse be to 
almightie God therfore yet calling to mind the certentie of death 
and departure henoe, and also the unoertayntie of lief and welfare 
heere and waying withall that by extreeme sicknes memorie is eftsone 
much weakenned and sometyme utterlie fayleth for w^^ respect^ 
as also that I would not hare any sute contention or debate or so 
muoh as any unkindnes or disourtesie after my decease to aryse 
growe or fall out among those that unto me are most deare carefull and 
welbeloved^ concerning such goods and cattells as God of his infinit 
goodnes hath lent and bestowed uppon me but that eyerie one heare- 
after by this my last will remembred would vouchsaffe in gentle 
manor to accepte in good pte my affection and good will towardes 
everie one of them soe farre foorth as my poore abilitie extendeth and 
lovingly together to embrace concord unitie and amitie soe and in such 
sort as they with me and I with them hetherunto have done as my 
firme hope and confidence is they will and soe much the rather for the 
good love they beare and ought to beare to me Therefore I doe 
make this my last will &c. ffirst and principallie before all thing(> I 
most humbly give and bequeath my soule and spirit into the handes 
of 0^^ Lord Jesu Ghrist my blessed saviour create' and etemall 
redeemer by whose most pcious bloudsheding my firme and un- 
doubted hope is to be saved and therby doe steadfastly beleive all my 
» Proved in February 1598 [1698-4]. 



44 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

sins to be quite washed away trusting that of his abonndant clemen- 
oie and mercie he will accept me a sinner w<^^ died for the abolishing 
of sinne and redemption of sinners and my bodie I will to be buried 
decentlie in Ohrists buriall deape in the earth at Darsburie soe neare 
the sepulchre of my late husband as conveniently may be by the 
discretion of mine executors heareafter named ffurther I earnestly 
crave and desyre for Ood(> love pdon and forgivenes of all psons for 
everie fault and o£Pence that I have made unto them and likwyse 
doe freely from the bothome of my hart release and forgive everie 
offence committed against me And further my last will is that all 
my executors shall have blacke cloth to make them mourning clokes 
of And after my debt^ paid funeral^ and legacies discharged my last 
will is that all my come and cattell whatsoev shalbe sould and the 
money theirfore to be received to be equally devived amongst my 
Sonne Starkey my sonne Bysley my sonne Hocnell my sonne Ash- 
ton and my sonne John Orymsdich I! to my sonne Thorns G. one 
bull two kine one bore and hogg all my glasse in and about Orims- 
dich and also all my part of houshould stuffe w^^ I doe leave in this 
house of Grimsdich unbequethed 11 to my said sonne Thorns all the 
furniture and implement^ of husbandrie w^^ are to be used out of the 
house as weynes ploughes harrowes cheynes and such like Also to Bic 
-Starkey my sonne Starkeyes eldest sonne fortie shillings to Bic 
Bysley my sonne Bysley eldest sonne twentie shillinge Toe Tymo- 
thea Grimsdich my sonne John his daughter twentie shilling^ Toe 
Elizabeth Hocnell my sonne Hocknell his daughter twentie shilling^ 
II to Gristian my sonne Starkey his daughter two fetherbed^ w<^ lye 
uppon my bed wherin I lye myselfe the one of the being of huswiffes 
making the other of them being a bought ticke that is to say the 
fetherbed^ themselves matres blanket^ sheetes boulsters pillowes co?* 
lete coving hangings of silke and the valance of cloth of tissu w^ the 
bedsteed and curtens of red and greene sarsnet and the other fur- 
niture of the same Also to everie of my daughters in law ten shillinge 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 45 

in money to make them se^ally a gould ring as a token of my good 
will toward c them II to my daughter Starkey my best graye mare 
And to Gristian Ashton my sonne Ashton his daughter ten shillingQ 
to make her a gould ringe And also to Elizabeth Norres my cosen 
and god daughter ten shilling^ in money Also to Elizabeth Tutchet 
daughter of M' John Tutchet one cowe to goe forward with hir Also 
to my cosen An Hatton wiffe of Lawraunce Hatton my pillion and pil- 
lion clothing w^ the bridle and hames Also I give &c. to my sonne 
Starkey and daughter Starkey my best coving w<^ was given unto 
me by the Ladie Dutton my owne mother deoessed Also I give &c. 
zx" to Jane Bysley my daughr Bysley hir eldest daughter And xx> 
to my daughter Hocknell And xx> to my daughter Ashton to make 
everie of them a gould ring for my better remembrance Also to 
Thomas Sanders my man a feather bed of my pt of good^ w^^in the 
house of Grimsdich a mattres a payre of sheetes a payre of blanketf 
ij covletc one boulster ij pillowes and six poundes xiij" iiij^ in money 
for his faithfull service alwayes done to me Also to Elizabeth Greene 
my chamb^ maid a feather bed a matres a boulster a pillow a payre 
of sheetes a payre of blanket^ one oovlet xx" in money and one of my 
best kine Also to Elizabeth Dale and Margerie Smith my servantf 
everie of them xx" a pece Also to John Owden my head servant of 
husbandrie liij' iiij^ a reward for his true service Also to Wittm 
Peiiket my milner xx" a reward for his good service willing him not 
to put the same to usurie Provided alwayes &c. that so many of my 
said servantc to whom I have made any bequeth w<^ shall not be in 
my service at the tyme of my death shall have noe benefit of this 
my last will and testament Th5 Sandars and Elizabeth Greene 
alwayes excepted Also to the poore people of the parish of Great 
Budworth and Darsburie fortie shilling^ to be equally devided 
amongst them by the discretion of my executors Also to my cosen 
Christopher Goodman^ xx" desiring him to make my funerall sermon 
* Christopher Gkodman B.B. of Brascnose College Ozon. was born in Chester in 



46 LANCASHIRE AMD CHESHIRE WILLS. 

11 to my cosen Tho. Tutchet xij^ to make him a gould ring And 
furthermore my request and desire is to my son Tho. G. that he will 
pmit and suffer my executors hereafter named trulie and fiiithftdly 
to pforme this my last will and testament in all thinge as my trust 
and confidence is that he will. And yf my said son Tho. shal 
molest trouble and disturbe my executors concerning the due ex- 
ecution of this my last will and testament soe as by reason therof my 
debt(> legacies and demyses may not be done payd or pformed accord* 
ing to my mind &c. then my full mind and last will is that al my 
bequethes legacies and demyses to him my said sonne Tho. by this 
my last will and testament made shalbe utterly voyd and of none 
effect &c. Hm to Gristian Starkey my cosen Bic Starkey his wiffe 
xiij" iiij^ and to my cosen John Tutchet x^ to make them sevaly a 
gould ring for my remembrance K I give &o. the terme and lease 
w<^ I have of Hill his ground to the younger daughters of my sonn 
Starkey unmaried to their only use during the terme theirin to be 
ordered by the direction of their mother Provided alwayes that yf 
Thorns Sandars and Elizabeth Greene shall marrie together w^^in 
one yeare next after my decease that then after the said one yeare 
expired the said terme lease and grond therinn conteyned shalbe 
during the residue of the said terme to the use [of the] said Tho. 
Sandars and Elizabeth Greene And yf the said Tho. Sandars and 
Elizabeth Greene shal not marrie together at all yet my mind. and 
last will is that the said younger daughters shall yearely pay unto the 
said Elizabeth Greene for the space of five yeares next ensuing the 

1519, and was a distinguiehed leader among the Puritans. He was one of the trans- 
lators of the Geneva Bible, and a firiend and associate of John Knox, haying written 
the preface to Knox's ** First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Begimcnt 
of Women," in 1568. In 1584 he retired to Cheshire, and was visited on his death 
bed bj Usher, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, who formed a high opinion of his 
piety. Djing in 1602, set. 83, he was buried in Chester Cathedral. His will is 
valuable for the information which it gives of his fstmilj connections. He was in no 
way connected with the Buthin Goodmans, who were zealous conformists to the 
ritual of the Church. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 47 

said first yeare next after my decease xiij" iiij^ yf the said Elizabeth 
shall live so long for a further recompence of hir good service done 
to me And I doe make Sec. my trustie and welbeloved sones in law 
Tho. Starkey esquire John Bysley esquire John Hocknell esquire 
and John Ashton esquire my faithful! executors of this my last will 
and testamet reposing my speciall trust in the that they will faith- 
fiiUy sincerely and uprightly pforme accomplish and execute the same 
in all things w^^ cleane handes and undefyled consciences according to 
my true playne meaning herin declared and yf any of they said psons 
whom I have by this my last will and testament named to be my 
executors shal refuse or for his o' their pte not pforme this my last 
will and testament herin declared so far forth as he or they lawAiUy 
maye then I will and my full last will and testament is y^ all lega- 
cies and gift(> made to him o^ them soe refusing o' not pforming this 
my last will and testamet shall thenceforth be utterlye voyd and of * 
none effect and thenceforth the same legacies and bequethes shall 
wholy be and remayne to such of my said executors as will and shall 
pforme this my last will and testament according to my trust reposed 
in them And further my full mind and last will is that he o^^ they of 
my said executors w<^ shal refuse or not pforme this my last will shal 
not be o' remayne my executor or executors after such refusall or not 
pformance of this my last will and testament as is afforesaid ffiirther 
I give &o. to all my said executors xx" apeace for their paynes herin 
to be taken Also to my cosen Bic Marburie xiij^ iiij^ and to his 
Sonne Bic M. vj* viij<^ to make them sevally a gould ring And wheras 
I doe not by this my last will and testament give or bequeth any 
thing to my sonne Henrye Grimsdich other than xl> and Gtodq bless- 
ing and mine w^ I freely give him the reason because I have bene 
verey good and bountifuU mother unto him in my liffe tyme above al 
the residue of my children Theirfore I would not wishe my sed sonne 
Henrye to chalendg or clayme any more of my good(> cattels debtf 
or other things but to be wel contented w*^ such liberalitie as I have 



48 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

alreadie bestowed uppon him ffurther I doe desire my cosen Tho. 
Tucthet and Ric Mouldsworth genf to be overseers and furtherers of 
this my last will and testament And I doe give unto the said fiic 
Mouldsworth xl^ for his paynes herin to be taken and also doth for 
a mourning cloke finally I doe by this my last will and testament 
hartely desire all my sons sonnes in law and daughters that they will 
lovingly and frendly agree and unfaynedly love one an other as I 
have lovd them all in w^ love I most humbly beseech almightie 
God for his tender m^cies sake give them grace to continue all the 
dayes of their lives long And thus having disburthened my mind of 
these frayle and worldly cares I may now daylie by God^ grace pre- 
pare my thought^ and inward desires more and more to the studie of 
Gode high glorie the health and immortallitie of my soule and of 
evlasting liffe Amen Written the daye and yeare first above written 
Published by the above named Elizabeth Grimsdich to be hir true 
and last will and testament in the presence of Bic Mouldesworth 
John Grymsdich Thomas Sandars William ffoxley. 



THE WILL OF JOHN DELVES OP DODDINGTON.^ 



IN the name of Grod Amen The xxjx^ day of Januarye in the 
yere of the raigne of cure so^aigne Ladye Elizabeth by the grace 
&c. xiij^ I John Delves of Dodington in the countie of Chester 

> ProTod SOth September 1678. John Delyes Esq. son of Sir Henry Delyes Ent. by 
Cecily daughter of Bichard Brook, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, London (see 
her iuTcntory p. 28), married Mary, daughter of Sir William Sneyde of Bradwell E!nt. 
by whom he had ten children. Sir Thomas Delyes of Doddington Bart, the last heir 
male, who ob. 12th September 1725, left an only daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, 
wife of Sir Brian Broughton of Broughton Hall in the county of Stafford Bart, 
ancestor of Sir Henry Delyes Broughton of Doddington Park Bart. — Ormerod, yol. 
iii. p. 268. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 49 

eaquier beinge sicke in bodye &c. and myndinge to leave my landf 
goode and chattels to my wiefe and children whom I woulde shoulde 
quyetlye enjoye the same w%ut all contention do make &c. ffirste I 
beqnethe my soule to almightie (rod the father of oure Lorde Jesus 
Ghriste trustinge and stedfastlye belevinge that throughe the merittC 
of his blessed and paynfull passion to be one of the nombr that 
shall inheritt the kingdome of heaven whose names are written in 
the booke of lyefe Item I bequethe my bodye to be buryed in 
the churche of Wibumburye in the saincte Marie chancell where 
my father and other my auncesters doe lye Item to Marie my 
dearly beloved wiefe all suche land(> and tenem^^ as is to her 
assured bye the conveyaunce betwene Thomas Stanley esquier and 
me the said John D. to have and to holde duringe her naturrall lyefe 
£ror and in the name of her joynture Also I geve &c. to my said 
wiefe sixe of my beste kyne syxe oxen and one amblinge geldinge 
And further I do geve &c. to my said wiefe and to Henry my 
Sonne and heire all suche implementc plate and howseholde stufia as 
I shall have in and aboute my bowse of Dodington at the tyme of my 
decesse upon condicon that they shall agree and kepe howse joyutlye 
together w^ the reste of my children as they shall thynke good And 
yf it shall fortune my said wiefe to marye ageane and to take an 
other husbande or also that they will utterlye refuse to kepe howse 
w^ my said sonne accordinge to my will then shee to use the bene- 
fitte of the legacie towchinge all the said howseholde stuffe plate w^ 
all other implementc of howseholde And yf my said sonne Henrye 
will use hym selfe unreverentlye anenste his said mother and will 
not be contented to kepe howse w^ her accordinge to this my said 
will then it is my will that he lose his pte of the legacies all but of 
evye thinge the beste for and in the name ol his heire lomes Item 
to e?ye of my yonger sonnes Bauffe D. John D. and Hugh D. one 
annuitie or yerlye rente of foure pounds for and duringe their said 
naturall lyefes Item to my daughters M^garet D. Anne D. and 

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50 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

EUenor D. and to e^je of them one hundreth pound^ toward^ 
theire pfermentQ leavinge the same somes to be levyed and received 
of suche lands and tenemt() as be apoynted for the paymt of the same 
by the conveyaunce betwen Thomas Stanley esquire and me the said 
John D. Item to Oicilie Hassall my sisters daughter xx^ in money 
Item I will that a true inventorie be taken of all my good^ and 
chatell^ quicke and deade And the same to be devyded in two ptes the 
one pte therof to pay my dette and legacies before bequested and the 
other pte to remayne to be equallye devydett amongeste my yonger 
sonnes and daughters and if there be any o^^plus of that pte that I 
do leave for the discharge of my dett^ and legacies I will that the 
same o^plus shalbe lykewyse devydett amongest my yonger sonnes 
and daughters as before Also I will and bequethe my ferme of 
Kele to be employed to th'use of my yonger sonnes and daugh- 
ters for and duringe all suche yeres as I have in the same ferme 
And if anye of my said children shall fortune to depte this tran- 
sitorie lyefe at enye tyme before they shall accomplysshe the age 
of xvj®° yeres and not maried nor make anye will then I will 
that all suche good^ and chatellQ as is bequested to the said childe 
or children by this my said will shalbe equallye be devyded 
amongest the reste then lyvinge Item I will that my said wiefe 
Marie D. shall have the govmt and custodye of Anne D. w**^ all her 
porcon of good() and catall^ untyll shee shall accomplysshe the age 
of xvj yeres or com to mareage Item I will and desyre my right 
worshipfuU aunte M^grett Sheldon* widowe to take my daughter 
M^grett D. w*^ all her porcon of good(9 and chatell^ and her to 
bringe upp and bestowe as shee shall see juste cause Item I desyre 
my worship^ii father in law Sir WiHm Sneide knight and my brother 
in lawe Rauffe Sneide esquier to take [to] their custodye and govmt 
my Sonne Bauff D. and my daughter EUenor D. w^ all their porcdn 

* In the Delyes pedigree, Margaret, wife of Thomas Sheldon of Shellington in the 
county of Worcester, is titter of the testator. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 51 

of goode and chatell^ and to see them well brought upp and be- 
stowed as may seeme to them for their welthe untill they and either 
shall come to th^age of xvj^ yeres Item I desyre my welbeloved 
Sonne and heire Henry D. to take my sonne Hugh his brother w^ 
all his porcon of goode and chatell^ and to see him well brought upp 
and his goods well imployed to the childes use accordinge to my 
trust in hym reposed untill he shall accomplisshe the said age of 
xigen yeros Item I desyre my right worship^ and lovinge brother in 
lawe Thomas Trentham esquier to take to his custodye my sonne 
John D. w^^ all his good(> and livinge and him to kepe to leaminge 
and so to best owe his good(> as shall seeme beste to and for my said 
childes pfett untill he shall come to the full age of xvj^^ yeres as 
aforsaid Also my will is that if anye of my trustie frend(> before 
named will refuse the go^ment and charge of suche of my said chil- 
dren and their goods as by this my said will I have bequested and 
desyred then I will that my said children and their goode shalbe 
placed by the discrecon of my executors whom I do leave in truste for 
the execucon of this my said last will and testament Item my will is 
that Lawrence Woodnett of Hope genf shall either quyetlye enjoye the 
blake merestie or medowe which he hath taken of me by indenture 
duringe the yeres tberin conteyned or elle w%wt any troble or sute 
in the lawe to have the money repayd him w^^ he payd to me for the 
same beinge xxiiij^^ w^^ money was disbursed and payd for the pur- 
chase of certen lands in Gousley of the yerelye rente of xiij> iiij<i 
and belonginge to the howse where John Hotchkis nowe dwelleth 
and for the true accomplysshement of this my said last will and 
testament I do ordeine &c. my dearly beloved wiefe Marie D. my 
right worship^i^ and deare frendes Sir Wiilm Sneide knight and my 
right worship^u aunt M^grett Sheldon Banff Sneide esquier and 
Thomas Trentham esquier and Henrie Delves my sonne and heire 
my true and lawfull executors of this my said laste will and testamt &c. 
And for their paynes takinge I doe geve to evye of them not bavinge 



52 lANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

any legacie before bequested xx" in money to make evy of them a 
ringe for a token of remembrance desyringe their frendshipps in the 
execuBon of this my said laste will accordinge to suche truste as I 
have in them reposed- In witnes wherof I the said John D. to this 
my said laste will and testament have putt to my hande and seale of 
armes die et anno supradicf et anno Dni 1570 Witnes this to be the 
laste will and testffit of John Delves esquier. 



. INVENTORY OF SIR ALEXANDER OSBALDESTON 
OF OSBALDESTON KNT.» 



INVENTOR indent omii bono^ et catallo^ que fuerht Alex Os- 
baldeston milit^ die quo obiit vil3 decimo septimo die Januarii 
anno dni mittimo quigen® xliij*» legittime app'cia? p Wiihn Hodder* 
sail Ricm Gromelome Oliveru Cottom et Thoma Welsheman. 

^ Sir Alexander Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston Knt., son of Richard Osbaldeston 
by Grace, daughter of Alan Singleton, waa tenth in descent from Hngh, son of Ailsi 
de Osbaldeston, Hying 30th Heniy III. He married, 5th Henry YU., Agnea, 
daughter of Sir Christopher Southworth of Samlesbury Knt., by whom he had 
(with others) John Osbaldeston his son and heir. He married secondly Ellen, 
daughter of Thomas Tyldesley of Morley [?] by whom he left a son, Richard Osbal- 
deston, ancestor of the Osbaldestons of Sunderland in the county of Lancaster, and of 
Hunn\anby in the county of York. — Suffield MS^S, Alexander Osbaldeston of Osbal- 
deston Esq. aged 62 at the Visitation in 1664 (buried at Blackburn 11th February 
1670-71) married Anne, daughter of Sir John Talbot of Salesbury Knt. by whom he had 
Edward Osbaldeston, his son and heir, (buried at Blackburn in 1689) who marrying 
Jane, daughter of Thomas Braddyll of Braddyll and Fortfield Esq., had issue Jane, 
baptised 7th April 1679, died before 1747 ; Edward, baptised 10th September 1684; 
Anne and John, died infants ; Thomas, baptised 81st March 1681, buried 25th Sep- 
tember 1701, and Alexander Osbaldeston his son and heir, who was baptised at Bku^- 
bum 22nd May 1677» and was buried there 6th April 1747, leaving no issue. He . 
was the last lineal heir male of this ancient family. His will was proved at Chester : 

'* I Alexander Osbaldeston of Preston Esq. give all my messuages, &c., (hereafter 



IANCA8HIRE ASD CHESHIRE WILLS. 53 

fiyrst ther remayned in the handy> of the said S^^ Alex the said 
day of his deth in coyne of his owne vij^* xvif nij** besid^ thre 
scor xj^ xvjs viij^ of others to hym delyv? to kepe wherof belongyd 
to Alice ffaryngton xxxvj^ wich was enclosed in a bagg to S^^ Bic 
Tydisley jpst cv» to Anne Longton xlvij" viij^ to Bobert Hodder- 
sall Ixiij" to Thos Awart vj^ vij" viijd to Thomas Walshema xiij^ yj" 
viij^ And besid^ cvj* viij^ that remaynyd unspend y* he receyvid for 
exhibicon of Henry Talbot lim one sylv salt on sylv goblet, and 
xiiij sylv spones p'syd all to gether Ixvj* Ihxx £Pether bedd^ mattresses 
shetQ covlettf blanckette peloes hangyng(> to chamb^ curtens cupp* 

mentioned) to Tho" Clayton of Little Harwood Esq' and Henry ffarington of Preaton 
upon trnst to pay my debts and the following legacies tiz: to my kinswoman M"* 
Catherine Shnttleworth £500 with all my plate (except my siWer cup) in recompenoe 
for her care of my mother when she lived servant with her. To M" Mary Osbaldes- 
ton of^eston £150 in trust to pay the same to M' Osbaldeston of Sunderland or his 
wife or his children as she shall think fit. To M' Tho' Bleasdale £10 10. To my 
servant Thomas £500 and my silver cup, horses, furniture of my rooms and effects in 
my outhousing (save my books and ready cash). To my friends M' Tho' Starkie,'M' 
Ja' Bawstome and M' Gilbert Woosey £20 20* a piece for rings. To the said M' 
Tho* Starkie and M' Gilbert Woosey all my legacys left by the will of M" Ann 
Bradyll to my sister Jane. To the said Tho* Clayton and Henry ffarington £800 to 
lay out as an annuity for M' Hugh Wadsworth. To the said Tho' Clayton, his heirs, 
&c., for ever, my chappies, seats, pews, burying ground, and all my right, &c., in 
Blackburn church with my right of nominating a parish derk and churchwarden 
there. To my acquaintance M' Tom Stanley at Culcheth £50. To M' Nicholas 
Starkie of Biddlesden in Yorkshire £20 20". To M' Nicholas son of M' William 
Starkie of Manchester £31 10*. The residue, &o., to such housekeepers of the better 
rank as my executors shall think stand in need thereof. The said Tho* Clayton and 
Henry ffarington my executors. Dat. 28 March 1747." 

In 1778 a George Osbaldeston of Knutsford, weaver, claimed the Osbaldeston 
estates as heir at law to Alexander Osbaldeston Esq. who died in 1747, but failed in 
establishing his right. From some law proceedings in this case it appears that in 
174 3 Allan Harris on Esqi^of Lancaster had a mortgage on the estate. By his will, 
dated 25th April 1752, Mr. Harriso n de vised the manors of Great Mearley and 
Osbaldeston, lands in Osbaldeston and Kibchester, &c., in the county of Lancaster, 
to his daughter Anne Sybele, afterwards wife of George Wilson Esq. In 1774 the 
Osbaldeston estate passed by sale from Gteorge Wilson and Anne Sybele his wife to 
Sir George Warren of Fointon, and is now in the possession of his representative the 
liord de Tabley. 



54 LANCA8HIBB AND CHS8HIBB WILLS. 

bar clothes cov^yng^ to bedd^ &o. and for beddyng p'sed to gether 
xxiiij^ xj* viij<* Km bassens ewers void" chaundlers dyshes potte 
pannes spjit^ cressett^ flesh tubbe chyst^ chajres and such oth' 
thyng^ remaynyng in the kechyn and botre and els wher in the 
howse p'sed to gether jx^* v^ Km a hayre to a kylne a tentte lyn 
yome at the webs? and lyn clothe &o. xlv» yj<* Km torfwaynes 
carte ploes wheles yoke herroes temes and thyng^ belongyng to 
husbandry xxxv" iij<^ Km oxen kye and other yong bestc lijj^ xj' 
iiij<^ Km horses mares stagge &c. cvij^ iiij^ Km swyne U" lEm 
tannyd lether p'sed to gether xiij^ yj" yiij^ Km corne in the tithe 
hemes of Fston Elston Orymsor and Haghton &c. xjx^^ xx<^ Km 
wheate barle and otc seved from the grounde xxxiiij^^ Km wheate 
on the grounde at Osbaldeston Ixvj" viij^ and at Gur'dall iiij^^ w* 
XXV" for oIq at Balei^ston Itm dett^ oghyng to the said S' Alex that 
be leviable iiij^ xiiij<^ Km the said mynysr of the good(> of the said 
S' Alex haith receyvyd sith his deth that was due for rente and other 
thynge xviij^ xj« xj^ Km the apparell of the said S' Alex w* his 
hemes and syngnet of gold p'sed to viji» Sm" to^ supius COxvji* jx^ 
Km the said S' Alex oghed the day of his deth to the said Alice 
ffaryngton ov and besyde the said xxxyj^ that was delyv{ hym to 
kepe to her use And beside all other sumes aforsaid likewise delyved 
hym to kepe and to dyvse other psons as mor at large apperith by 
a boke of pcelles therof made xxxjx^^ ij» viij^ Km for reparacon 
of the tythe heme of Pston xl> Km Henry Osbaleston son to the 
said S' Alex and mynysr of his goode haith laide downe for futuall 
expenses of the said S' Alex w^ the p'ce of certen blacke height for 
gownes kyrtylle and jakette to the wiff sones doights and servnte of 
the said S' Alex And w^ certen whyte clothe boght for gownes to 
por men And w^ wheate malt rye ffysshe and other thynge spend at 
the buriall And w* certen wage paid to his servnte And w* yj" viij* 
for nyght wache and lyghte as mor at large apperith by a boke of 
pcelle therof made Ij^^ xjx" iij^ Sm'' of the said dette and fu&all ex* 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 55 

penses aforsaid Ij^ xjx" iij* The said S' Alex was bounden by obli- 
gacon to pay yefly to S' Wiftm Plutre preest yet Ijffyug duryng his 
lif tyll he be pmoted to a benSfice of xx^* yerly vj^ xiij" iiij* Km the? 
wer other dettc oghyng to the said S^^ Alex the day of his deth 
wherof the most pte therof be desperate and lyttill therof is supposed 
wylbe leviable and leyyed amountyng in the holle as mor at large 
apperith by a boke of pcelles xxxiiij^ ij« Snf to^* off the ffuStall ex- 
penses detts that he oghed and other thyngQ above wrytyn with all 
the forsaid money delyvt hym to kepe eight score and ffyve poundf 
yij8 Yijd And so remanyth to be distributed by the said minisr to the 
wiff of the said S' Alex his chylder and in other dedf of charite 
accordyng to the law and custome 1^ xiij* ij*^. 



INVENTORY OF WILLIAM ASPINWALL, LATE 
CANON OF BURSOOUGH. 



THE Inventorie of all soche goodes w^ did belonge and ap- 
partaine to Syr Wi&m Asspinwall ^st and chanon of the 
late dissolved monastarie of Burscoe praysed and cessed by Bychard 
Lathome Thomas Morcroft Lawrance Guskene and John Tasker 
the xxviij^ day of December anno Dni 1562. 

I^m his bedde and all thinges therto appartayning and belonging 
XXX" — one paire of beddestocks iij" iiij^ — his apparell aswel gownes 
as all other thinges xl* — one cupborde v« — iij chayres and iij 
quishonse ij' -— iij colfers yj" viij^ — in bokes ij" — one brasse chaund- 
ler x^. 



56 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF JOHN MASSIE, LATE ABBOT OF 
C0MBERMERE.1 



IN nomine Dei Amen The v*^ daye of fiFebruary 1564 [1664-5] 
I John Massie clerke late abbott of the late dissolvyd monas- 
tery of Oumbermere beinge in pfect reason &c. My body to be 
buryed in the north ile of Ghristes churche and I bequethe to the 
whole qnyer to bury me fortie shillingf Km my will is that if John 
Shawe do receave my pencon that then my fyve poore beyde women 
shall have cloth to make ePy of them a gowne of blake cotton and ev^y 
of them in money xij^ Unto Thomas Massie of Bromall my clothe 
gowne w<* is Airred w*^ conye two table clothes and a quylte Unto 
Wiihn Massie the yonger my russett oustyd gowne and also my beed 
w<^ is [in] the hawle w^^ all thinge therunto belonginge Unto Johan 
Massie wief unto my brother Wilim Massie my short cloth gowne 
Unto Sir BonduU Gotgreve a payre of flaxen sheetes Unto Bychard 
Massie sonne of Wifim M. all my bookes and my best beed wherin 
I have lyen. Unto the seid Bychard M. tenne poundf in redy 
money (if my pencon be gotten and reeeyved) to be bestowed and 
dely^ed hym at the ovsight of his father and brother VVilhn M. or 
one of them Unto Wiltm Eelso my serv nt a gowne that is furred 
w^^ ifoxe and the beed that he hathe lyen on w^^ the fetherbeed 
matteres two blanckette and fourtie Bhilling() in money and if my 
pencon be reeeyved to lend hym fyve pounde for one yere uppon 
suerties by hym founde for repayment therof at one yeres ende to my 
other executors or one of them Unto poore Ellen the trucklebeed 

1 Proyed 4th February 1564 (1564-6). John Massie was snbprior of tbe conyent 
in 1524, and succeeded as abbot before 1585. He surrendered tbe monastery into tbe 
king's bands on 27th July 30 Henry YIII., and retired upon a pension of £50 per 
annum. — Ormerod, yol. iii. p. 210. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 57 

w^ the matteres and a coveringe Unto Mawde Carver a pajre of 
sheetes and a gonne Unto Bobart Moseleys wiefe a coverpane and 
the London pynte Unto John fflecher the chaffer and the grete 
pewter pottell pott Also there is to be receyved of M' Bychard Lye 
fyftie pounds for my pencon for one hole yere ended at Mighelmas 
laste anno regni dne Elizabethe Dei gra &c. sexto my will is that if 
John Shawe receave the same he shall dely? yt unto my brother 
Wifim Massie or his certen attorney And that after my debt^ &c. 
dischardged my seid brother to dely9 the rest to my other executors 
to be by hym [gic] then disposed accordinge to their discreccdns 
Moreo? my will is that if John Shawe receave my seid pencon that 
iij^^ therof shalbe delyv^ed unto hym for his paynes els not I^ I 
constytute executors of this my last will and testament my brother 
Wiftm Massie the yonger my cosyn Wittm Kelso my serv nt and 
Bychard Massie And ovseers my welbeloved frend^ Sir John 
Meyre clerke and John Taylor And I utterly revoke all other former 
testament^ &;c. thies beinge witnes Sir John Meyre clerke John 
Taylor Also Thomas Saunders ais Steward is indebted unto me by 
bill of his hand in the some of xl". 



THE WILL OP BOBEBT BOOTH OF DUNHAM GENT,* 



IN the name of God Amen January S^ 1568 [1568-9] and 1 Eliza- 
beth I Bobert Bowth of Downnam gentleman b[eing] in 
good &o. my body to be buryed w^in the parrishe churohe of 

> Proved Slit March 1573. Bobert, younger son of George Booth of Pnnham 
Eeq. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler of Bewsey Knt. See WilU and 
IfuvefUorietf let portion, pp. 49, 98. 

II I 



58 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Bowdden betwyxt my mother and my syster Oyssely in the 
chap [el] of Jesu theire Also my good^ &;c. I gyve to the pform- 
ance of the last wyll and testament^ of Elsabeth my mother and 
Cyssely [my] syster decessed whose sowles Jesu pdon I gvye 
unto Wyirm Bowth my nevow esquyre one of my best beddf wyth 
all that longQ therto and unto the said Wyirm my best gweldinge 
Hm unto my brother John Bowth a golde rynge and my next beste 
gwelldinge Km unto my syster Dorythe Tatton one golde rynge 
and ten pounde of lawful! Englishe money Km unto my syster 
Ann Massye one rynge of golde and ten pounde of lawful! En- 
glishe money Unto Elsabeth M. the doughter of Wyll^m Massye 
esquyre the some of xx*^ marke of lawful! Englishe money Unto 
Elsabeth Bowth and Ann B. doughters unto my brother George B. 
decessed to eyther of them iiij marke a pice Unto Elsabeth "Elno^ 
and Jone Garrington eyche of them xl^ a pice To Katryne Damport 
my goddoughter one golde rynge Unto Robert Bowth my godson xx** 
nobles of lawful! money Unto my cossen George Bowth of Alterchame 
V mark() Unto e9y man servaunt and woman servaunt wythin my 
* house x^ a pice Unto the churche of Bowden a sylver challice wyth a 
patten and xx*" of money to be oontynewally prayed for their I wyll 
that my executors shall bestow amonge the poore and nydy people 
w*^in the pishe of Bowden the some of xx** pound^ Unto Thomas 
Oleoworth a newe coote My neyvowe Wy!l**m Bowth esquyre shall 
have the occupacon of all souche land(> and tent^ that my father dyd 
gyve &c. for the pformauce of hys wyll and the maryage of my sys- 
ters and he to entre into the same at the feast of Seynt Martyne the 
bushopp in wynter next after my decese so that he be bounden 
w^ iiij sufficient surties wyth hym in the some of ij hundreth pounds 
unto my executors that he shall pay unto Bobert Bouthe my uncle 
his. executors or assignes yerely the hole some of xlviij pound() xv^ 
sex pens at the feast of the nativitie of Seynt John Baptist and Seynt 
Martyne the bushopp in wynter untyll souche tyme as my fathers 



I«ANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 59 

wyll be pformed and my syster Gisselyes legacies be fulfilled Unto 
Syr Hew Oowopp chaplayne for the space of iij yeres to synge for 
the sowles of my father my mother my cister myne owne sowle and 
all chrysten soules yerely the some of xx^ nobles the yere yf the 
law of the realme wyll yt pmytt yf not the said S' Hew to have 
in fre legacye iyve mark(> in money to pray for us All the rest of my 
goode &c. to be bestowed unto the use of the poore according to the 
discression of my execute^ whome I do ordeyne &c. John Orymes- 
ditche of Grrymesditche esquyer and Dorothye Tatton my syster and 

my cossen Els Massye ande my uncle Robert Bowth Bicharde 

Awyn my servaunt And I wy M' Grymesditche shall have 

for hys paynes v marke and my Robert Bowthe v marke 

and to Richard Awyn v pounde and all my best rayment of every 

pcell the best In wytnes &c. p me Adam Woode ^ rector 

ecciie bfe Bowden Sir Hugh Bowth. 



THE WILL OF JOHN SMALL WOOD, RECTOR 
OF COPPENHALL.i 



IN the name of God Amen The xij^^ day of Julie in the yeare of 
oure Lord God 1578 I John Smal woode clerke pson of Oop- 
penhall in the countie of Chester sicke of bodie &c. ffirste I com- 
mende my soule to almightie God the Father the Sonne and the 
Holie Ghoste beleving unfaignedlie to be saved by that one oblacon of 
Ghriste Jesus my redeem^ fynisshed uppon the crosse. Secondlie my 
bodie I commytt to the earthe to be buried in the chanceill of Cop- 

> FroTed SOth June 1584. Br. On&erod does not giye the date of Smallwood's 
institntion but bis name occurs as rector in proceedings in tbe Ecclesiastical Court 
at Cbester in May 1663. 



60 LANCASHIEB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

penhall aforesaid toward^ rejTcdn of w«^ said churohe I bequethe iij' 
iiij^i And thirdlie my goodd^ temporal! I bequethe to the wourlde to 
be devided and distributed as follow^ Imp'mis to him y^ shalbe my 
successor or pson after me and to his successorse after him the bed- 
case in the plo' w^ the hangings abowte the same the presse wherein 
my booke have bene accustomed to lye w^ locke and kay to the same 
w^ one tubbe of stone and the greateste troughe of stone abowte the 
howse Hm to M' Thomas Willbraham of Woodhaye esquier one 
crosse bowe w^ the racke to the same w^^ M' Thomas Minshull of 
Erdsewicke nowe hathe in his keeping Itm to the said M' Thomas 
Minshull my crossebowe w^ut the nutte w^ the racke to the same 
and the boultQ I will shalbe devyded betwixte them two according to 
the nature of the bowe I¥m I testifie that the racke w^ I have geven 
to M' Wilbraham is a Frenche racke and doeth appteane to Wiihn 
Sounde of Torpley and he hath of my [sic] a pryse stone bowe and 
a racke to a crossebowe I will y^ if he cleame his racke he shall 
yeeld backe to M' Wilbraham the said pryse stone bowe and racke 
Km I geve to M' Thomas Wilbraham a sheiffe of arrowes w**» barbed 
heades Km to M' Massy of God4ington I geve an arrowe case of strawe 
w^^ locke and kay and the arrowes therein yf he be then lyvinge and 
not otherwise Hm whereas Thomas Hall blacksmythe hath the 
greateste pte of a clocke of myne I will that the pishonis of Goppin- 
hall shall have bothe yt and cten timber of myne to make the frame 
w^all uppon condiccon yt be sett upp and mayntayned to goo in 
Coppinhall steple but yf they will not bestowe coste uppon yt and 
sett yt upp then I will that yt remeane to myne executor^ Hm to 
Gateren my base daughter I geve one fetherbedd and boulstere and 
one copherlett and one mattrasse and one coving and one potte and 
one panne and two payre of sheetc and one bourde clothe Hm to M' 
Thome's Elcocke^ pson of Bartomley I bequethe my brasaill staffe and 

^ He was instituted to tbe rectory of Barthomlej, 24th March 1576-7, on the pre- 
sentation of Bobert Fulleshurst of Crewe, the living being yacant by the death of 
Bobert Kinsey the late rector. — Chester Registry, 



LANCAflHIRB AND CHB8HIBB WILLS. 61 

a postill uppon the Epistles and Oospells w«^ is cov^ed w^ pcheni 
also he hath two postells of o' pisshe also to M^' Woodde vie. of 
Wibnnburie I bequethe the booke w^^ he hathe of myne for remem-> 
braunce Hm to Bog' Oartwrighte I gere &c. all my book^ and my 
will ys that Bandle Gartwrighte if he applie his booke shall have 
some pte of the booke suche as will stande him in steede Hm I will 
that Thomas Gartwrighte shall have the howse w^'^ was his late 
fathers taken for him w^ my goodd^ Itm all the reste of my gooddf 
cattall(> and debt^ quicke and deade moveable and immoveable of 
what kynde or in whose hand^ soe? they be (myne owne debt^ lega- 
cies and fu3all expence being discharged of the whole) T geve &c. to 
Ellyne my servantte Moreov I constitute ordeane and make John 
Shawe clerke Wilhn Smalwood and EUine my said servauntt my 
true and lawAiU execute" to doo execute and accomplisshe this my 
laste will and testam accordinge to the confidence w<^ I repose in 
them and according to the true intente and meaning of the same 
Theis witnesses &c. Wittm Hickinson Antonie Hickinson Thomas 
Phillippes and others. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM TRAFFORD GENTLEMAN.^ 



IN the name of God Amen I Wyttm Trafibrd within the conn- 
tie of Lancastre gentylman beying hoUe of mynde &c. And 
therfore I the seid Wittm Trafforde Decemb' 27*»» 1545 and 37 
Henry YIII. my testament and last wyll doe make &c. fiyrst I 
comytte my soule &c. [my] bodie I bequethe to be buryed in Jhus 

' No date of probate. The testator was son of Gkorge Trafford Gent, of Garrett 
Hall, Manchester, descended from Robert Trafford, the first of Garrett, a third son of 
Sir Henry Trafford of Trafford Knt. who was living in the time of Edward IL 



62 LA.NCASHTBE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

chapell' within the paresshe churche of Manchest at the northende 

of the so nere as can be where the preste stondjth 

the gospell Also I constitute &;C. mj trusty and ved in 

Cryste Margarett Trafforde my mother the true execucon 

and pformance of this my said last wyll And also I wyll that the 
Bight WurshipfuU Syr Alexander Badcliffe Enyght and Thomas 
Leghe my brother in lawe shalbe supervysors of this my seid last wylle 
and testament To Margaret Trafforde my mother my leasse wyche I 
have of the ulnage and subsidie within the countie palatyne of Lan- 
casx and all my interest therin duryng the holle terme of yeres in 
the same leasse specified if she so long doe lyffe withe all comodities 
pfettes^ and advantages to the same office appertenyng to thentet 
that she withe the yssues and pfettes comyng and groyng of the 
same office shall fulfyU and performe this my last wyll and testament 
in manl and forme as hereafb^ shalbe declared ffyrat I wyll that my 
seid mother shall reoeyve and take the holle revenewes issues and 
pfettes comyng and groyng of the seid office to the paymet of my 
dettes and to thuse and pfermet of Thomassyn T. and Alice T. my 
sustres unto suche tyme as the suiiie of GO markes be taken up ther- 
apon and the same to be equally distributed betwyx the towardes 
theire pferment and mareage if they wylbe ordered and advysed 
therin by my seid mother and my seid supvysors and theire heyres 
And if either of them wyll not be ordered and advysed by my seid 
mother in theire seid mareage or do misgyde themselfe then I wyll 
that suche of them as soe dothe mysordre theselfe to have no part of 
my seid goedes nor bequestes And if it fortune either of the seid 
Thomassyn and Alice my sustres or outher of them to mysgyde the- 
selves or els to die before they be pferred to mareage then I wyll that 
Anne Shalcros Iseabell Leghe^ and Jane Downes^ my systres shall 

1 Sbe married Thomas Legh of Eaat Hall in High Legh Esq. who hj will dated 
29th October 1689, and prored at Chester Slst January 1589-90, bequeathed to his 
grandson, George Legh, his lease of the " Aulnershipp in the Countie of Lancaster." 

' Jane, wife of Beginald Bownes of Downes and Taxall in the county of Chester 
Esq. — Ormerod, toI. iii. p. 879. 



LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 63 

have every of them xiij^ vj» viij^ parcell of the CC m^kes before 
specified Itm that immediatlye after the GG noPkes aforesaid is taken 
up of my seid oflSoe that there shalbe yerely gyven duryng the tyme 
that my seid leasse doethe contynue to the amendyng of Ghetam 
lowne Market stydde lowne the lowne towardes Trafforde Salfort 
lowne to every one of them yerely vj» viij^ Km I wyll that imme- 
diatly afl? my decesse there shalbe yerely one obite to p"y for my 
saale and all cristen saules in the churche of Manchest And that 
there shalbe bestowed and gyfien for the same obite yerely xiij" iiij^ 
Ilm if it fortune my mother to dee before the yeres wiche I have in 
the forseid office of ulnage and subsidie shalbe determet and endett 
then I wyll that my seid supvisors or suche of them as then shall 
fortune to be lyvyng or theire heyres if the seid supvisors be not 
then on lyve shal have the same office to the pformance of this my 
last wyll and aft^ the pformacon therof shall dispose the issues and 
pfettes comyng and groyng therof in dedes of charite for my saule 
and aU crysten saules Hm unto the ryght wurshipfuU Syr Alex 
Ratcliffe for hys paynes to be taken in seyng this my seid last wylle 
pformed a jaket of fyne lukes velvet and a castynet boteU of sylv and 
dowble gylt To my brother Baufie Trafforde a new gowne of ffrenche 
puke lyned withe saten To my brother ThcTs Leghe a new dowblet 
of blacke satten To my brother Bic Shalcrosse my newe boke covered 
withe velvet and clasped withe sylv To my cosyn Edmonde Prest- 
wyche my ryng of golde withe a ston of amias withe Ires in it of B 
and E To Bob? ffleccher my bronde flaske ryng of golde Km I wyll 
that my bokes of the statutes before the kynges tyme and sythens hys 
tyme shall contynue and remaygne withe suche person or persones as 
shall have and enioye my forseide office To my cosyn James Hulme 
of Deffe Hulme [Davy-Hulme] my new velvet cappe To my uncle 
Stevn Hulme my ryng withe toe stones in hyt To my cosyn Tho^a 
Massy of Wykelesweke my best purse To Bob? Shawe my gowne 
faced withe mynkys and welted withe tawnye velvet To Petur Motte 



64 LANCASHIBB AND CHESHIBE WILLS. 

mj cappe withe parchemet laoe and my new cote that I dyd ryde in 
to London lyned withe bukkeram To Syr Bog Irelonde my sylke 
hatte and my trassyng coffur bandet withe yron and lyned within To 
my servantes James Banrdema and Wylfm Beade eyther of them 
vj9 viij^ To my suot Elyn Shawe my best new coveryng of arraa 
worke wrought withe sylke To every servyng ma and woman that 
my mother hathe ij" Hm I wyll that at the day of my bnryall my 
saule masse and dirige shalbe songen in the quere in the churche of 
Manchesr Hm I wyll that there shalbe seid for my saule the day of 
my buriall xxx masses and to say the same masses in as short space 
togeyd^ as they cdvenyentlie can and evy of the same xxx^ prestes to 
have viijd And that syr Bo^ Irelonde shall distribute the money 
amongest the seid prestes I^m I wyll that there shalbe gyven the 
same day of my buriall xij blacke gownes to xij pore men snche as 
my seid mother shall thenke most nedefuU Itm I wyll that imme- 
diatly afl? my decesse the gret bell shalbe rongen and a saule 
kuy [!] Km I wyll that so sone as I sett forwarde towarde the 
churche the gret bell shall begynne to ryng and soe to contynue 
ryngyng unto evenyng And that the clerkes shall have for theire 
paynes therin iiij" and that no other bell be rongen for me the day of 
my buriall hot only the gret bell Wreton the day and yere above 
specified These beyng wyttones Syr Alex Badclyffe James Hulme 
Thd's Massy Syr Boger Irelonde and Bobt Shaghe. 

Hec sunt debit ^ debeo Inp^mis Ad^'m Byrom v^ I{ Edmude Shaw 
iiijii If Ric Galley iij^ K Banff Trafforde iij^^ iiij^ viij* K Thorns 
Byddelstones xx> H Bic Shalcrosse jx« If the rent of my chamber 
iij» iiij^l Sin to^ xvj^' xvij*. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 65 



THE WILL OP SIR WILLIAM BOOTH OF 
DUNHAM KNT.» 



IN Dei note Amen November 25* 1579 I Wittm Bouth of 
DuiiK'm Massie in the com. of Chestre knight do make my 
last will &c. ffirst I geve and bequeath'my souU &c. and my boddie to 
the earth Unto my wief o9 and besides her third pte of my gooddf 
the chaine of golde w^ I brought w* me last from London weighing 
aboute xxx^ and one other small chaine one carcanett of gold one 
paire of braselett^ of gold two sutes of borders of gold and one single 
border of gold one tablet of gold w* all the ringes she was accus- 
tomed to weyre and certen small buttons of golde enameled black and 
white three little gilt bowles w* my third soilt^ and w*^ all my house- 
hold stuffe nowe remayninge at Steyley Unto my sonne George all the 
rest of my plate reservinge one doss, of spoones of the worser sort w<^^ 
I geve to my wief To my sonne George my best chaine w*^ my signet 
all my leades at Dunh'^m and Garington allthe iron bonne wheeles at 
Dunh'^m and Garington w* they cheines and the rest of the furniture 
therunto belonginge I do also geve all my beddinge betwene my wief 
and my sonne George indiiferentlie to be devided betwene them w* 
the bedstock^ and all the furniture belonginge to the same To my 
said sonne George all my apparell w* all my gold buttons except 
the same I have before gevin to my wief Km my will is to bestowe 
all the naparye ware betwene my wief and my sonne George equallie 
to be devided To my cosin Wittm Tatton my grey horse To M' 



^ Prored lOth December 1579. Sir William Booth of Danham Massey Knt., son 
and heir of George Booth Esq. by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford of 
Trafibrd Knt. married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Warburton of Arlej, by 
whom he had a numerous issue. — Ormerod, vd. i. p. 402. 

' i.e. salt-cellar. 

II. K 



66 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Rich. Warburton and to M' Wittm Lecestre either of them a geld- 
inge to be delived to them at the discreccon of myne execute" To 
Wiftm Duncalfe my cast of fiawcons my baie trottinge nagge and 
my settinge spaniell To my sonne George all the implement^ of my 
kitchen excepte my wieves third part To my sonne George my testo>^ 
of crimesin velvet w^ valaunce therto agreable crimosin velvet to cov 
two chaires three buffet stooles coved w^^ cloth of gold two carpettf 
of blewe cloth for the longe table and the square table iiij^' 
pillowes for windowes imbrodard one of blewe velvett one of crimo- 
sin velvet one of black satten and the iiij^ of blewe sattin of Bridges^ 
v] curteins of red and grene saie for ij bedd^ To my wief one testo' 
of white sattin of Bridges w^ curteins of white sarsenet therto be- 
longinge To my 'sonne Wiftm Bouth one yoke of stures nowe at 
Steley the one brinded and the other red of colo*^ Itm where 
ther is a debt growen to me bie "Rohl Hollingworth of twentie pound 
my will is he shall have the half therof forgeven hym as my giefte 
Itm the rest of my gooddes unbequeathed my funlall^ and my debtf 
discharged I geve amongest my doughters to be devided equallie 
among() them To my welbeloved mother my sealinge ringe usuallie 
worne apon my little finger To my brother Davenpte all my houndes 
To evye one of my sisters one gold ringe viz. my sister Davenpte^ 
my sister Chauntrell and my sister Done^ to be delived bie my 
wief To my cosin Wittm Tatton M' George Brereton and Edmond 
Jodrell all my fightinge cock^ and hennes Hm I will that if all my 
doughters do die before mariage as God defend that then my sonne 

^ Bridges, a kind of thread. -^ SaUitoell, Qu. from Bruges, famous for its 
tapestries. 

s Mary wife of Bandle Bayenport of Henbuiy Esq., and Elizabeth, wife of Williitm 
Chantrell of Bache near Chester. 

' Ellena Done, only daughter and heiress of James Done of Utkinton Esq., second 
husband of Elizabeth Booth, the testator's mother. She married John Done of 
Utkington and Flazyards Esq. and died 28rd August 1590. — Ormerod toI. i. p. 402 ; 
and vol. ii. p. 183. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 67 

and heire shall have take and receive all such money as I have gerin 
and appointed bie other conveyaunce hie dede indented to be paid 
unto them for their pferment in and to mariage Unto my brother in 
lawe M' John Done my best bale nagge and my pide horse nowe at 
Stely To my doughter in lawe Jane Bouthe^ a blacke amblinge 
nagge that was M' Garingtons and a gold bruche To my brother in 
lawe M' Peter TVarburton my best grey nagge that I was accus- 
tomed to ride apon my self and my lute To my brother in lawe M' 
George Warburton a younge cole black nagge To M' Vicare^ of 
Kachdale iiij^'^ To Wiilm Leigh my longe black cloake To George 
Holme my best paire of virginalls To Thom"s Johnson xx" To 
WiHm Willfnson xx* To George Bedish fortie shillingf To John 
Berye xx" To Edmond Lingart xx« To Edmond Pownall xx* To 
Baffe Dain xx» To Bobte Whetley xx« To Bobte Lingart x» To 
Wittm Heneshawe xx^ To John Bawdon junior xx^ To John Basnet 
xx» To Wittm Moreton x» To John Hankinson xx» To Wittm 
Pker xx> To Thomas Coke xx» To John Newton x» To Wittm 
Leather x» To George Moores x» I do ordeine &c. my welbeloved 
wief Dame Elizabeth Bouthe Peter Warburton of Arley esquier Ban 
Davenpte of Henbury esquier Wittm Tatton of Withenshawe 
esquier and George Brereton of Ashley esquier my true and lawful! 
execute'* In witnes &c. John Egerton John Done Bich. Eaton 

Wittm Bouth. 

1 Jane, daughter and heireea of John Garrington of Garrington Esq., and first wife 
of Sir George Booth Knt., who was created a Baronet in 1611. She died without 
iBoue^ but Sir George Booth retained poeseasion of the Garrington estates. — Orme- 
rod, ToL L p. 402. 

' Ber. Bichard Midgle^. See Stanley Pajpersy part ii p. 177 et seq. 



68 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



TESTAMBNTUM JOHANNIS RADOLIPFE MILITIS.* 



Jesus esto mibi Jesu. 

IN Dei nomine Amen I John Badclifie of Ordsall in the countie 
of Lancaster knighte beeinge of good and pfit memorye and of 
good healthe in bodie thank^ bee unto allmightie Grod for that I have 
divs little children both yonger sonns and doughters which bee 

I No date of probate. Sir John Badcliffe, son of Sir William Radcliffe of Ordsall 
Knt. by Margaret, daughter of Sir Edmund Trafford of Traflford, married Anne, daugh- 
ter and heiress of Thomas Asshawe of the Hall on the Hill Esq., by whom he had (1) 
Sir Alexander Eadcliffe, baptised at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, 2nd January 
1578-4, slain in Ireland in 1599. (2) Sir William, slain at Blaolc water in Ireland in 
1598, fighting against Hugh, Earl of Tyrone. (4) Edmund, and (5) Thomas, both bap- 
tised 15th June 1587, and slain in battle in French Flanders in 1599 [the monumental 
brass states that they died of fever]. Margaret, favourite maid of Queen Elizabeth, 
died at Bichmond of grief at the loss of her two brothers, 10th November 1599. Jane 
married Sir Balph Constable ; •Anne and Alice died young ; and Sir John Radcliffe, 
third son and eventually heir, married Alice, daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, 
by whom he had an only son, Sir Alexander Radcliffe K.B. — Burke*s Commoners. 
Sir Alexander Radcliffe was buried at the Collegiate Church 14th April 1654, and 
appears to have been the last of the family who resided at Ordsall. The following is 
Bodsworth's copy (taken in 1640) of the inscription on the monumental brass in 
Manchester Cathedral, in memory of this family : 

Deiu moy aidera 
Memoria sacrorum. 
Hicjuxta maiorum cincres sub certa spe resurreotionis ad gloriam requiescunt cor- 
pora B'ni Joh*is Radclyffe de Ordeshall militis & Anna ux*is suso filise & heredis 
Thoma) Ashaw de Hill armigcri ex qua procreavit (pi«ter quatuor filias) B'n'm 
Alexandrum Radclyffe filium suum primogenitum militem Willielmum Radclyffe 
filium secundum p* amore et zelo in principem et patriam in bello Hibemensi contra 
Hugonem Comitem Tironn (proditorem ilium profligatissimum) sine prole peremptos 
Edmundum & Thomam Radclyffe gemellos in Gallo Belgis martem sequentes febri im- 
proles correptos et D'n^m Joh*em Radclyffe militem filium tertium, qui fugiB et timoris 
nescius solique AnglicansB gloria & suse virtutis memor, in Insula de Ree magna cum 
fortitudinis sueb laude demicans ocoubuit, relinquens ex Alicia consorte sua, filia Joh'is 
Biron de Novo loco in com. Nott. militis D'n'm Alexandrum Radclyffe militem a 
Balneo modo superstitem, qui hoc monumentum (licet ipsorum meritis suoque in 



LANOABHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 69 

unprovided for not knowinge where it shall please God to take mee 
to his itPcj doe make &o. ffirste I bequeathe mj soule unto all- 
mighty God willinge him of his greate m^cy to have compassion on 
mee and trustinge throughe the passion blood sheedinge and deathe of 
Jesus Christe his onlye sonne to bee on of the electe companye of 
heaven with the blessed Virgin Marie and all saincte AUso I will 
that my bodie to bee buried in the chauncell in the church of Man- 
chest beetwixte the quire doore and the stepps amongste myne aun- 
cestors beeinge the buriall of thinheritaunce of this house they of the 
churche havinge the disposicon of the clothe of the hears after the 
same hath continued ov the dead corps by the space of on whole 
yeare AUso where I have made a gifte of my good^ and chattels to 
my frendQ uppon confidence I will that that shall bee pformed 
accordinge to the true meaninge the residue omitted or common 
since I will and bequeathe to my three daughters Margrett Jane and 
Anne Allso I will &c. unto my yon§ sonne Wiftm Badcliffe all my 
land(> and tenement(> in Normabye and Glaptone within the county 
of Lincolne Unto the saide Wittm all my landc and tenementc with- 
in the county of Darbie Unto the saide Wittm all my land(» and 
tenement^ in the pishe of Rochdale to have and enioye the same and 
all the ^missQ for and duringe all his naturall lyfe Unto John B — 
my yon§ sonne all my landf and tenement^ in the countie of 
Nothingam Unto the saide John all my lands and tenement^ in Mostin 
within the county of Lancaster to have and enioy all the pmissf 
for and duringe all his naturall Ijrfe Allso I will that as leases com- 
mon upp or end or as tennaunt() doe dye that they shall make theire 

ipso0 debito impar) pro Bjmbolo tamen pietatis et reverentiee siud in parentes charid- 
limos hie locari curavit die [«tc] Octobris Anno incamationis Yerbi milessimo 
ooccccxzx*. SepultttB est pM'ctus Dom. JoVes Badclyffe senior nndeeimo die Febr* a^ 
D'ni 1589, et p'd'cta Anna relicta ana e yivifl deceeait deoimo die Jannarii a' D'ni 1629 
statis sue 87. — Bodsworth's MSS, vol. cxlvii. fo. 18. See the Hitiory of the 
Found<Uiotu in MancheHer, vol. ii. pp. 288-90; Stanley Papers, part ii« p. 172, 
Note. 



70 LANCASBIRB AND CHBSHIRS WILLS. 

moste commoditye advauntage and pfitt of all the land^ bestowed 
uppoD them Allso I will and require myne executors to bee further- 
rers of the same and to helpe them to make theire pfitt in yearlie 
settinge the same from yeare to yeare for I would have them well 
broughte upp in vertue and leaminge soe that after they shall accom- 
plishe the age of xiiij*^ years I would have them to Oxford o' Cam- 
bridge there to continue till on of them bee able to goe to the inns 
of Courte if it bee his pleasure o' to tarrye and pceede in y« Uni^sity 
and I would wishe on of my sonnes to pceede in the civill lawes 
eith^ in England or when hee shall bee of ability to travell then for 
to goe beehind the seas for his betr furtherance in leaminge and not 
to dwell and continue in this cuntrey but for a tyme to come to see 
theare moth^ broth^ and frendes and not to tarrye in this cuntreye 
ovlonge Allso I will &c. all the residue of my land(> and tenement() 
unto my lovinge wife for and duringe soe longe as shee shall live 
keepinge herselfe sole and unmaried to thentente that shee shall vf^ 
suche goodc and the Iand(> as I doe leave bestowe uppon cvie one of 
my three daughters the somme of one thowsand() mark^ a peece ov 
and beeside theire fynding yearlie for theire meate^ drinke, clothes, 
leaminge and other necessaries And if it shall fortune as God forbid 
my saide wyfe either to departe this lyfe or to bee maried beefore the 
saide somme bee levied then I will that myne executors shall have 
all my lande teneraentQ and rentQ untill suche time as the saide 
sommes of three thowsande mark() bee levied and taken Allso I will 
that if any of my daughters shall fortune to decease beefore mariage 
that then the somme of money allotted to that daught shall cease 
and end Allso I doe will and require my leasses and myne executors 
to deale soe w^ my land(^ and good(> that therew^ and w^ the helpe 
of my tennantQ they would by the mariage of my eldest sonne y^ hee 
bee not maried w^Mn age but marye his wyfe w^^ the advise of his 
kinred and frendc Allso I doe constitute and make Anne my welbee- 
loved wyfe my lovinge cosenes Raphe Bartd Edward Tilldisley 



LANCASHIRE AND CHK8HIRB WILLS. 71 

Ghristopher Annd^tonne Lenorde Ohorlay esqniers and Humfrey 
Worintchhara [sic] my trne and lawful! executors willinge and 
charginge them and evie of them as they will answere at the dread- 
full day of judgment to see this my will ^formed accordinge to the 
true intente and meaninge In wittnes hereof I have subscribed my 
name Wittnesses Bandle Glife Laurence Hawofth John Duncalfe 
Oeorge Pendleton John Pollet. 

John Radcliffe. 

A trewe and perfiitte inventory indented and made of all the good^ 
and chattel(> of S' John Badcliffe of Ordsall knighte late deceased 
praysed by William Garstange Richard Smitbe fiicharde Wads- 
worthe and William Shawe sworne to prease the same the xxiiij^^^ 
day of ffebruary and in y® two and thirtithe yeare of ou' sovaigne 
ladie Elizabeth by the grace &;c. 

Imp'mis drawen oxen xljx — cxxx^^ Km kyne and bulls cxx*" — 
ccP Hm steares hefferes twinters and stearkes ex — clvij^^ Urn 
calves Ixxxxiij — Ixvjii vj» viij^ Km fatt oxen iij — jx^^ x" Km sheepe 
cccdxxjx — Ixxx^ Km horses geldings mares and couUq xlj — Ixxxv^* 
Itm in swine geese and puUe xv^'^ Km in come hay and graines in 
y« bames cx^ Ifm in come and graines growinge xxxviji* I?m in 
malte and come in y® gamer v^^ Km in coine and silver plate cc^ 
Km in ffetherbede mattrasses boulsters pillowes and carpet^ blanketf 
testers hangings curshions bedstock(> stooles chears and cubbord(> 
clx^ Km sheetQ bordeclothes towels napkins naparye and linen 
clothe xlvj^i Km in pewt brasse caudelsticke fryinge panes browches 
and goubiraes xxvp vj* viij<^ Km in chestc cowfers and ark^ jx^ Km 
in bordQ formes stooles and chears iiij^^ xiij" viij^ Km stnd^ brewinge 
vessell tubbs and oth^ treene ware xij^^ Km in husbadry stuffe and 
things beelonging to husbandry xvj^* Km cheeses tallow butt^ and 
other victualls xij^ vj» viij^ Km slate glasses milne stones yome 
stuffe beelonginge to the milnes trowes grindles stone troughes and a 



72 LANCilSHlRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

still viij^» Km aaxkq window sheet^ yorne ashes and salte If llm a 
coweche saddles bridles and stuffe beelonginge to rydinge vj^^ xiiij* 
viijd Km in apparell for his bodie xx^K 

Sum totalis incccclxviij^i viijs viij<*. 



THE INVENTORY OF SIR EDMUND TRAFFORD OF 
TRAFFORD KNT.> 



A trewe and pfecte inventory of all suche goodes and eattales as 
weare S' Edmounde Traford knighte at the tyme of his deathe 
viewed and praysed by us William Johnsoune Richarde Jennkin- 
sonn &c. S?"" Maii 1590. 

Imprimis in the plor tables covering^ quishens and stooles ij^ xiij" 
iiij^ In the dyninge chambr I¥m iij tables carpett^ formes stwoolea 
and quishens v^* vj^ viij^ In the yellowe chabr Km in fether beddes 
mattres blankett^ and other furniture beelonginge to the same viij^* 
In my L: chamber If m in beddes and furniture beelonging to the same 
vij^ In the mere [inere ?] chamber to my L: chamber Km beddf 
mattresses bowlsters and other furniture of iij^* vj» viij<i In my M' bis 
chamber Km bedd^ mattres and other thingf belonginge to the 
same iiij^^ In the nexte chamber Km in beddes and coverlettf xl^ 

» Sir Edmund Traflford of Trafford Knfc. son and heir of Sir Edmund Trafford, by 
Anne, daughter of Sir Alexander Kadcliffo of Ordsall, married first, Mary, third 
daughter of Edmund Lord Howard, third |on of Thomas second Duke of Norfolk, 
by whom ho had no issue. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ralph 
Leycester of Toft, and widow of Sir Bandle Mainwaring of Peover, by whom he had 
two daughters, and a son Edmund, ancestor of Sir Humfrey de Trafibrd Bart, of 
Trafford Park. — Sujffield MSS. He was buried at the Collegiate Church, 21st May 
1590. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 73 

in M""* Elizabeth hir chamber nm in fFether beddes matres bolsters 
and other fomiture iij^ In the childrens chamber Ilm ffetherbeddes 
mattresses bolsters and other thinges beelonginge to the same xl* In 
the nursery Km in beddinge and other things beelonging to the 
same xxvj* viij^ In M"^ Wiftm his chamber IHm one bed and fiimi- 
ture beelonginge to the same xxtj^ viii^ In S' Edmonde his chamber 
Ilm one bed and furniture beelonging to the same iiij^ In the backe 
chamber Urn one bed and furniture beelonging to the same xl« In 
Mathew his chamber Km in bedd^ pillowes and oth^ furniture xl» 
In the greene chamber Km fietherbedd^ mattresses and such thingf 
belonginge to the same xxxii/ viij^ In the knight^ chamber 
bedd^ mattresses blanckett^ and oth^ furniture belonging yj^^ xiij" 
iiij^ In the white chamber Km in bedde mattresses blanckett(> 
and all oth^ thing(> iiij^ In the nexte chamber to the white cham- 
ber Km one bedd and furniture x* In the comer chamber I¥m 
bedde and furniture belonginge to the same x^^ In the backe cham- 
ber I¥m one bedd and furniture to the same xx" In the bricke buyld- 
inge Itm in bedd^ and all oth^ furniture belonginge v^ In the closott 
Km one bedd and furniture for the same xxxiij" iiij^ In the lower 
bricke buyldinge I&n in beddinge and furniture to the same xxvj* 
viij<l In the chappell chamber Km in beddinge and the furniture 
belonginge to the same xl" In the brew howse chamber Km one 
bedd and clothes for the same x" In the kitchin chamber Km on 
bedd X" In the fawlikeners chamber Km on bedd and furniture xx* 
In the horsekeepers chamber Km on bedd and clothes for the same 
xx» In the portars warde Km in beddinge there xxvj« viij** In Bax- 
ters chamber Km one bedd and furniture xiij^ iiij<^ In Lasie his 
chamber Km in beddinge theare xx" In the schoollem" chamber Km- 
one bedd and furniture for the same xx" In the third chamber to S' 

Edmonnd chamber In the backe house xx" In the vaie 

house Km in suche furniture as beelongeth to the same 1" In the 
kitchen I!m all suche furniture as beelongeth to the same v^ In 

II. L 



74 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

melche cattell Km seven and xxx**« kyne Ix^ vj« viij** Younge cattell 
to the somme of xiij^^ I^m seaven calves xl> Ifm in oxen xxv^^ Itm 
seaven buUockes xij^ Itm S' Edmund his apparell xiij^ vj" Km in 
Bwyne younge and oulde xj^ x" The pantrye Ifm in lynnens and 
nappery xl^ The plate lim two bassens and ewers and other smale 
plate xx^^ Hm two butt^ and hogsheades xl^ Ifm in sheet^ napkins 
and other linnens x^^ Bryne house Itm furniture in the bryne house 
i]jU vjs viijd Hm in nages and mares xx^^ Km plowes waines and 
cart^ and other thinge beelongmge to the same iij^ vj' viij^. 



THE WILL OF EDWARD OSBALDESTON OP 
OSBALDESTON ESQ.* 



IN the name of God Amen The xv^* day of June SO Elizabeth 
et anno Dni 1588 I Edwarde Osbaldeston of Osbaldesto in the 
county of Lane beinge in sownde and pfecte healthe and remem- 
brace thank q bee to God but wayeinge and consideringe my weake 
fraile nature I knowe moste certenly that by deathe I shalbee drawen 
hence but of the time thereof moste uncerten and thereof doe ordaine 
&c. ffirste I bequeathe my soule &c. I will that my body shalbee 
buried in my chappell w^in the pishe churohe of Blackbome And 
for my worldly goode I give and bequeathe as hereafter doth foUowe 

^ ProTed 25th September 1590. Edward, son and heir of John Osbaldeeton of 
Osbaldeston Esq. by his first wife, Margaret, daughter of G^rge, Lord Strange, son 
of Thomas, first Earl of Derbj, married Maud, daughter of Sir Thomas Halsall of 
Halsall Knt. (marriage coyenant dated lOth April 2 Edward YI.) bj whom he had 
three sons, John his son and heir, Geoffirej, Chief Justice 30 Elizabeth, and Hamlet. 
Suffield MS8. For notices of this iamilj see The Derby Boueehold BooJct^ pp. 120, 
166. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 76 

ffirsie my sonne John O. shall have irj of my beste fetherbeddf 
savinge one w^ all iiimitnre and thingv> thereto belonginge accordinge 
to my father his will and that all the reste of my saied good^ all my 
debt(> of the whole beinge firste paied shalbee devided into iij equall 
pte so neare as is possible the firste pte whereof I geave &g. unto 
Ma wide O. my wief the seconde pte unto Geoffrey O. and Hamlett 
O. my sonnes to bee equally devided betweene them And for my 
thirde and laste pte my fu&all expenses beinge firste discharged I 
geeve &c. as hereafter doth foUowe ffirste unto my sonne John O. 
ij of my plowes ij harrowes one come waine and one turfe wayne of. 
the beste w^ wheeles teames horsegeare w^ such like to them be- 
longinge the longe table in the plor all the bord^ and tables and 
fourms in the hall at O. the greate ambry in the buttrey the greate 
brewinge leade the greate brewinge knopp and the leade under yt in 
the brewe howse the beste combe iij hogge head^ and iij barrells the 
greate beif pott in the boylinge howse called Coleman the iron chim- 
ney w*^ the reste of the irons in the kitchin to hange potte on for w«|» 
saied pott chimney and irons my will is that they shall continually 
remaine at O. as heire lomes To my saied sonne John O. all glasse 
and casement^ in the windowes wheresoev in and aboute my howse 
[at] O. all the wainscott w^in all and evy pte of the saied howse the 
greate standinge bedd w^ the wheele bedd under yt in the greate 
chamber all my armoure and weapons belonginge to warre whatsoev 
To my saied sonne John vj silver tonnes pcell gilte my best silver 
salte w^ a cover all gilte w<^^ plate I geeve apon this condition that 
bee shall quietlye pmitt and suffer his moth^ my wief to have the 
use of them duringe her lief if shee survive mee and doe desire 
the same And all the reste of my saied good^ geeven unto my saied 
sonne John O. I geeve apon this condition that.hee shall peaceably 
and quietly suffer all such pson and psons whoesoev unto whom I 
geeve any pte of my saied goode to have and enloy the same accord- 
inge to the true intente of this my laste will Unto my daughter 



76 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

CSceley Singleton one hundretb mark^ Unto my sister Margret Oa- 
baldestou forty marke Unto my brother Thomas 0. forty markf 
Unto Edward O. eldeste sonne of my saied brother Thomas twenty 
mark^ Unto Margrett O. eldeste daughter of my saied brother Tho- 
mas twenty mark^ apon eondicon that shee doe behave and use her 
self well and honestly at the disorecon of my executors if in the 
meane time shee bee not pferred in mariage Unto the reste of the 
children of my said broth^ Thomas that is to say Thomas O. his 

seeonde sonne Ellen Dorothy and [sic] O. doughters of 

my saied broth^ Thomas (or so many of them as shalbee livinge at 
my decease) €n}j of them an incalf cowe or heffer Unto Henry Wil- 
kins(» my olde seryante x^ if otherwise I doe not pferre him w^ 
some stay of livinge in my lief time lim my will is that my said 
sonne John O. shall suffer my servante Thomas Osbaldeston after 
the decease of Baphe ffishe to have one pcell of grounde lyeinge 
betweene Smoghe and Conbron tenement^ in Ov Darwin now in the 
houldinge of the saied Baphe ffishe Unto all my howseholde servants 
2^ O. and Guwerdall as also my miller and shepparde in Darwin w^ 
shalbee at the time of my decease evy one of them on yeares wagC 
Executors Maulde O. my wief and Hamlett O. my sonne and Henry 
Stanley of Grosshall supvisor whoe muste have one portegue in 
golde or iij^ x^ in money pvided alwaies that if it shall so fall oute 
that the thirde pte of my saied good^ at my decease will not extende 
to discharge all such legasies and bequidd^ wherew^ 1 have charged 
the same thirde pte my will is that then and fr5 all and ev^y one to 
whome I have bequeathed any pte thereof by this my laste will 
savinge onely my cozin Henry Standley there shalbee deducted or 
withdrawne in ratable and pportiable sorte accordinge to the valewe 
of the saied sevall bequidde and as they shall then fall oute to bee in 
valewe as aforesaid one xvj*^ pte and if the same will not so extende 
as aforesaid then to deducte or w^drawe from evy one accordinge to 
the valewe of one xij* pte And if the xij* pte w^Mrawen will not 



I«ANCA8HIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 77 

serve then to deducte the viij* pte If the viij*^ pte will not serve then 
to deducte the vj**» pte If the tj*^ pte will not serve then the iiij*^ pte 
And if the iiij*^ pte will not suffice then to deducte or w*^drawe fro 
evy one as aforesaide accordinge to thintente and true meaninge of 
this my laste will and testamente Witnesses Thomas Osbaldeston 
William Hesketh. 



THE WILL OF ANNE HARDWARE OF LITTLE 
MOULDSWORTH, WIDOW.* 



IN the name of God Amen The sixt day of Aprill anno Dni 
1593 I Anne Hardware of Little Mouldesworth in the county 
of Chester widowe ffirst I commend my soule &c. My body I com- 
mend to the earth from whence yt came and to bee buried as apper- 
tayneth to a Christian at the discrecon of my executors And as 
touchinge those worldly goodes and smale substaunce y^ yt hath 
pleased almighty God to lend me in this uncertayne state of liefe 
ffirst I give unto Henry Hardware my sonne one neast of silv bowles 
dubble gilt w*^ a cover and thirteene silv spoones w*^ pictures of 
appostles uppon them one great carpett for a longe table and six great 

' P^roved 22nd September 1598. Anne, daughter and eTentoallj co-heiress of Henry 
Gee of Chester, married in 1560 Henry Hardware, mayor of Chester in 1559 and 
1576, by whom she had issue, Henry Hardware of Bromborough and Peel in the 
county of Chester Esq. mayor of Chester in 1599 ; John, died young ; Jane, wife of 
Thomas Harbottle of Newbold, sheriff of Chester in 1588 ; Elizabeth, who married 
first John Cowper, alderman of Chester, and secondly John Bruen of Stapleford Esq. 
(for an account of him see AsthetotCa Journal^ p. zv) ; Ellenor, wife of Gerar d 
Massey BD. rector of Wigan ; and Margaret, the wife of Edward Dutton, mayor of 
Cheater in 1604. Ormerod calls the testatrix " Amey,'* roL iL p. 181. The original 
MS. Life of John Bruen Esq. by Mr. Hinde has been presented to the Chetham 
Library by Admiral fiarington, since the publication of AtihetoiCa Diary by the 
Chetham Society. 



78 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

quissions of carpett woorke w^^ pictures of pellicanes uppon them 
and alsoe one payre of curtaynes of greene and redd silke all the 
pewter w^^ now is in the butterie at the Peele and w«^ was deliv^ed 
unto him hj an inventarie or schedule indented the one pte wherof 
remayninge w**> him the other w*^ my selfe Unto Margarett Hard- 
ware my daughter one gold cheane and one ale cupp of silv dubble 
gilte w^^ a cover threteene silv spoones w^ broade lieades and one 
little silv salte dubble gilte w^ a cover and alsoe one goulde ringe 
w^^ a ruble stone in the same my lesser carpett of carpett woorke 
and six quissions of carpett woorke w^^ pictures of pellicanes uppon 
them and alsoe one payre of curtaynes of greene and whyte sarcenett 
Unto my daughter EUenor one tablet of gould one hoope ringe of 
gould and a wrethed ringe of gould my best silV salte dubble gilte 
w*^ a cover one whyte silv goblett and one ale cupp of silv duble gilte 
w^out a cover one ould silv salte w^^ a cover and three silv spoones 
Hm I give &c. all my beddinge as well at Chester as at the Peele 
as fetherbedd^ flocke beddes boulsters pillowes covering^ coverlettf 
blankettQ w^ curtaynes carpett ^ and quissions thone halfe therof to 
my sayed sonne Henry H. and thother halfe to my sayed tow 
daughters Margarett and EUenor equally to bee devyded betweene 
them I{m all my linnens and napperie ware shalbee devyded into 
three equall ptes one pte wherof I give &c. unto my sayed sonne 
Henry H. the seacond pte unto my sayed daughter Margarett H. 
and the third pte unto my sayed daughter EUenor H. Ifm I give 
&c. all my pewter and candlestickes w<^ are in cofers as well at 
Chester as at the Peele (and not specified nor menconed in the afore- 
sayed schedule) unto my sayed tow daughters Margarett and Elle- 
nore equaUy to bee devided betweene them Unto my sayed daughter 
Margarett the some of tow hundreth poundes over and besydes the 
porcon bequeathed unto her by her father Unto my sayed daughter 
EUenor the some of one hundred powndes over and besydes the 
porc5n bequeathed unto her by her father to be payed unto her out 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHiaB WILLS. 79 

of such debt^ as are due and owinge unto mee Unto my sonne in 
lawe John Bruen esquier the some of twentie markes to bee be- 
stowed uppon a silv cupp Unto my daughter Elizabeth Bruen one 
pomander covered w*^ gould and one gould ringe w*^ a dyamond 
stonne in the same and alsoe one downe bed w^^ a boulster now in 
her owne custody my best blacke satten kirtle and my best petticoate 
Unto my sayed soninlaw John Bruen and my sayed sonne Henrie 
H. the some of twentie ponndes to bee bestowed and imployed at 
theire diserecon to the best use pfitt and commodity of my daughter 
Jane Harbottell Unto my daughter Hardware my best gowne and 
tow kirtles one of oraine colored satten and one other of blacke 
satten and alsoe one gould ringe w^ a deathes head uppon the same 
Ilm I give all the rest of my apparell to my sayed tow daughters 
Margarett and Ellenor and alsoe all my newe wollen and linnen 
cloath uncutt to bee devyded betweene them To ev^y one of my 
Sonne Bruen his children ten shiUinge To e9y of my sonne Hard- 
ware his children x» To e9y of my sonne Harbottell his children 
X" To my brother in law Robert Booth the some of fortie shil- 
ling^ To my servant Richard Litler the some of fortie shillingf 
To my servant John Lewis the some of twentie shilling^ Itm 
toward^ the releefe of the poore w^Mn Tarvin parish the some of xl" 
to bee distributed at the diserecon of my executors Unto my sayed 
sone Henry H. all such and the same gooddes and cattell howshold 
stuffe and implem^Q apptayninge to husbandry as are expressed and 
oontayned in the aforesayed inventarie or schedule indented and not 
heretofore by these ^sentQ bequeathed to any pson Itm all the rest 
of my goodes moveable and unmoveable (my funerall expenses dis- 
charged and my debt^ and legacies satisfied) I give unto my sayed 
sonne Henrie H. And I ordeyne &c. my sayed sonne Henrie H. 
and my soninlawe John Bruen esquier my true and lawfull executors 
In witnes wherof I the sayed Anne H. have hereto fixed my scale 
and subscribed my name A. H. 



80 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

THE WILL OF ROBERT VAWDREY OF RIDDINGS.^ 



AUXILIATRIX sis mihi sea Trinitas in noie tuo sco levabo 
mente manusq^ meas Concede mihi gram fiiciendi justificdes 
tuas et tibi gras reddendi debitas. 

In the name of God Amen The twelft day off flfebruarje in the 
yeare of o' Lord God md Ixvij and in the yeare of the raigne of 
Elizabeth by the grace &o. the tent I Robert Vaudray of Riddyng^ 
hole of bodie and mind thanks be to o' Lord God yet nevertheles 
remebrynge knowynge revolv^ge in my mynde and oonsiderynge 
that all mankyde is mortall and the tyme of his depture uncerten do 
intend w^ the heipe of God to put all such thyng^ as hee of his most 
mercyfuU goodnes w^ut any my deserve hath leande me the use of 
in this vale of myserye in asmuche readynes as I can or may and do 
by and w^^ God^ suifefnnce and helpe ordeyne and make this my 
last will and testam^ in man) and forme folowynge ffirst I coinende 
and betake my soule into the hand(> of almyghtye God my maker 
redemer and savyo' undoubtedlye trustynge and faithfuUye belevjnage 
that the inward tender meroye of o' heavenlye father thoroughe the 
meryt(> of his only sonne o' Lord w*^ the grace of the Holye Ghost on 
only God of oipotent powre and devyne maiestie that I wretched and 
synfuU creature but yet his hadi wurck and servfit unwurthye shall come 
to eternall life and everlastynge ioyes w^^ the fruytion of his deitie 
and comuyon of his 8aint(i as on of his redemed and elected flocke 
w^ theym in heaven for ev to remayne in life and ioyes eternall 

^ Prored 12th April 1576. Bobcrt, son and heir of Thomas Vawdrey of Biddings 
(purchaser of the Biddings and lands in Altrincham, Chester and Bowdon) by Anne^ 
daughter of Bichard Newton of Pownall, married first Alioe, widow of Balph Brereton 
of Wettenhall, and secondly Alicei daughter of Balph Barton. The family continued 
to reside at Biddings until the property was sold not long before 1666 to Thomas 
Gerrard gent., son of the Ber. Bichard Gerrard, rector of Stockport. 



LANCA8HIK£ AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 81 

Amen In manus tuas dne oomendo spum meu redemisti me dne 
Deus veritatis And my bodye to be chested decentlye brought home 
and buryed at the parishe ohurohe of Bowdon in the chappell and 
place whereas my parent^ do lye (reservynge theire relict^) w^ suche 
ornament^ and seremonyes as by the lawe of God and Gatholick 
Church it ought for to be and the more decentlye because I have 
pfect trust and beleif in God that this my bodie thoroughe o^ Lord 
God and Savyo' Jesus Christ shall rise agayne glorified and be ioyned 
to and w^ my sole for ever together to remayne in heaven in his 
celestiall everlastynge ioyes and life eternall Et in carne mea videbo 
Deu salvatorem meu And therefore have thought good to will desire 
and bertiullye praye my welbeloved wife execute" and lovynge frend^ 
to se my sayd bodie honestlie used and decentlye ordered althoughe 
it be made of earthe and dust and thereunto is to be reduced yet 
nevertheles assuredlie trustynge the same my bodie and fleshe to 
reflorishe and to be ioyned agayne to and w^ my soule and in the 
same my flesh to se my Lord God and SavyC therefore am sturred to 
make the forsaid desire and praire whome I also beseke of charitie to 
praye for me and especiallye all those that shalbe psent at the tyme 
of my aicknes and depture and that shall heare thereof And I do 
manyfest and by this my owne hand wrytynge testifie that I do frelye 
and fullye forgyve all creatures as fiillye and frelye as I wuld be for- 
geven most humblye besekynge God and all his creatures to forgyve 
me and all my sines offenses and trespasses and hereof I praye God 
to witnesse whome I most humblye praye and beseke of his great 
m^cye to have m*^cye uppon me wretched synner Jhesu have m^cye 
uppon me Lord have m^cye* uppon me Christ have m^cye uppon 
me In manus tuas dne comedo spurn corpusque meii quia me rede- 
misti ac ea oia bonitate tua ex mihi donasti dne Deus veritatis 

Amen per ctucq hoc signu crucc *i^ Item I do gife to the amendem^ 
of the coverynge and glaase wyndowes of the said chappie vjs viij^ 
to be trulye and necessaryle bestowed thereuppon by my exec 



82 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

makynge the churchwardens or reves pry vye and of councell to theire 
so doynge Km to sixe of the poorest men of my tennt^ w**»in the 
parishe of Bowdon vj white gownes desirynge theym hertfuUye to 
praye for me and for to go afore my corps to the churche and buryall 
of the same And to other vj of the poorest of my tcnntQ w^^in the 
parishes of Northerden and Ashton apon M^see Banck other vj 
gownes of blacke cotton desyrynge and hertfullye prayinge theym 
likewise to pray for me in comynge next after my corps to the 
churche and buryall To my mayde Elizabeth Jannye ij heffers and 
teiie lambes price iiij^* To " poore foulk^ everye on j^ xx» To the 
late wife of Robert Gk>ge and now wife to M' Burnell in recompence 
of all reconyng^ betwixt him and me xiij^ vj* viij^ To Elizabeth 
Granerse at [ats ?] Jannye in recopence of the bequest of Edward 
Jannye if any were to her xiij* iiij* To my cousen Ane Ghatherton 
in like recompence xxvj^ vuj^ To the poore people in Manchester in 
pformance of the will of the said Edward Jannye* everye quarter vj» 
viij^ durynge five yeares next after my decease w**** shuld and I would 
shuld have byn more if I could have got it in of his debt^ or good^ or 
have byn at any quyetnes for the wrongfull truble and paym^ to 
others vj^^ xiij* iiij^ To the poorest householders in the parishe of 
Bowdon for the like consideracon Ixxiij" iiij^ And whereas I have 
byn divers tymes wrongfullye sued and brought to the poynt of 
uUagari and also sometymes have byn utlawed unware apon fayned 
actions and suites for debt^ supposed of the said Edward Jannyes and 
therebye have byn in daunger of losse of my good^ and chattell^ 
wrongeftillye for savegard whereof I have heretofore made sundrye 
instrumets dedes of gift and wrytynges "bf my said good^ and chatties 
aswell unto diverse of my freind^ and also to my daughter Margaret 
Theise may be to manyfest declare and testifie bothe afore Qtod and 
man that I made all and everye the forsaid dedes of gifte and wryte- 
yng^ of my said good^ and chattelle only for the savegard of my said 
' See Edward Janny's will, Wills and Inventorieg, fint portion, p. 167. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 83 

good(> and chatties for the tyme of daunger of utiagarye and for no 
other intent ne purpose And that the sames wryteyng(> now and 
hereafter be void and of no effect whensoever they or anye of theym 
shall chaunce to be shewed or come to sight And whereas I also by 
my dede beyringe date the xvj*^ of Maye a® r r Elizabeth niic reg &c. 
the sevent have gyven &c. unto my most trustie ffeoffies right wor- 
shipfuU and lovynge frend(> Jhon Throkm^ton then esqier and now 
knight Jhon Bobynson clerk ITrian Brereton and Wittm Norres 
knight^ and others in the said dede named of and in all and syngler 
my mano" meases burgag(> cotagc &c. to thuse of me the said Bob^ 
for terme of my life and that my said ffeoffies and theire heres ime- 
diatelye after my decease shall stand and be ioyntlye seased of and 
in the mano' or capitall howse in Chester called Pares Place therein 

mencioned nowe in the oroccupacion of me the said Bobt 

and Jhon l^itley gen? to thuse of Alice Y. my wife for and durynge 
the terme of xl^* yeares next after my decease if she so longe do lyve 
And of and in all syngler the meases lands &c. beynge in Bowdon 
Bollenton Hale and Asheleye and also of a cloase or pasture in Bowdon 
forsaid now in thoccupacion of me the said Bob? and Elizabeth 
Bowdon widowe called Dunbm waye and all other nowe or late in the 
occupacion of Beatriche Vrmeston widowe Hamnet Hodgekynson 
and Bic Jannye or theire ass. to thuse of my soiie Bob? V. clerk for 
terme of Ix yeares next after my decease if he so longe do lyve w^^^ 
said graunt to thuse of my said sone Bob? made is not ment nor 
intended to be of any more or any other land^ or tent^ nowe beyinge 
in mannarance or occupacion but onelye of the said pasture called 
Dunhm waye And of and in all thother mano" meases burgage &c. in 
Chester Boughton Bowdon Bollenton Bickerton Tussyncti^m Hale and 
Asheley or else where in the counties of Chester and cittye of Chester 
and also of and in the reversion remaynder &;c. of the forsayd manor or 
capitall house in Chester called Pares Place And of all the forsaid 
meases landc and teiitc in Bowdon Bollenton Hale and Asheley to 



84* LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

thuse of the said Ales and Robt my sone for and iniediatelye after mj 
decease the said sePall termes and sev^erall deceases of the said Ales and 
Bobt to thase of my younger sonnes Jhon and Richard V . for terme 
of jS yeares next after my decease fullie to be complete and ended 
if the said Jhon V. and Bic V. or other of theym so longe do lyve 
The re^sion thereof to the heires males of the bodye of the sayde 
Jhon lawfiiUye begotten w* remaynder o9 as by the forsayd dede 
more at large appeareth The said Jhon and his heyres males yeild- 
ynge and payinge yearely to an honest and learned schoolem^' 
durynge all such tyme as he shall teach gram^ schoole at Bowdon or 
Altrynch"m yearely iiij^ xvj^ To Margaret V. at suche tyme as she 
shall leave her dishonest and undeane lyvynge for and durynge all 
such tyme after as she shall ly ve honestlye v^ by yeare [Tn the mar- 
gin is written, "Ad usu M^garet Vaudraye fit mese.**] To the Right 
WorshippfuU M' Willm Booth Esq' to thentent it shall please 
hym to be good M^ to the said Jhon and Ric and the teniite of the 
pmysses ooncernynge turbarye and sute of court and other theire 
honest and iust causes by yeare vj> viij^ accordinge as I in my tym# 
did To my brother poore kinsfolks and frende in the said soedule 
named in all vij^ ij" jx* To xxx*i« poore mayde yearelye for e9 ij» vj^ 
To xxx*^« poore men yearelye for e9 ij" vj* To xxx*^« poore children 
yearely for e9 ij» vj* To xxx^« poore widowes yearelye for e9 ij" yj* 
To the curates clerkes and messengers yearelye for ev iij* iiij<^ at the 
feast of the Aiiuntiacion the byrthe of o' Lord God Gtood ffridaye and 
Penthecost Item I forgeve my brother Thorns Y. the sume of xviijH 
odd monye w*^^ bee oweth me and I gyve to my said brother xxvjb 
viijd a dublet a pair of hose and my buffe sattyn gerken desyringe 
hym to be lovynge frendlye and kynd to my wife and children To 
my cousen his daughter a heifer and fore lambes To my cousen 
George his wife and his sone everye on ij lambs To my cousen 
Thomas S' Richard and Edward Vaudraye everye on ij lambes To 

* See WUli and InveniorieSf first portion, p. 161. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHB8HIRK WILLS. 85 

the daughters of ray cosen WiSm V. either yj lambs To the daugh- 
ters of my cousen Nycolas V. evye on iiij Iambs To my cousen 
Margerye Drynkwater j lamb To my cousens Hamnet Robf and 
Henrye Mores vj lambes To the daughter of my cosen Thom'^s V. 
of Synderland iiij lambes To the ij daughters of my brother Brooke 
beynge unmarried eyther a heffer To the ij daughters of my unckle 
Homfray V. eyther a heffer To my god daughters Marye Man- 
warynge and Ales Mastie either a heffer To everye of my god chil- 
dren iiij* by estymation xxiiij*'* viij« To Elizabeth V. my sonnes 
daughter a cupple of heffers and vj lambes Item I do bequeath and 
forgyve my disobedyent sonne Thome's all such and those sumes of 
monye w*'* he hath wrongefullye receyved and taken from me and 
also the sume of C?» xvij» iiij<^ vf^^ he also is indebted to me or such pte 
thereof as shall remayne vulgived [sic] me at the tyme of my decease 
accordynge as by a bill of his hand appeareth willjmge and comand- ' 
ynge and appon my blessynge chargeynge and requyrynge hym to use 
Bobrietie and to leave all evell and drynkynge companye and for to say 
o' Lord^ praier w^ such other praiers and thanks gyvynge to God as 
he shall gyve his grace and put hym in mynd daylye uppon his 
knees everye momynge humblye besekyne hym to have m^cye uppon 
all his creatures and to gyve hym grace to lyve honestlye and iustlye 
in the world uppon my blessynge also willynge hym to say the 
artickles of o* fayth the crede once everye weke and to be lovynge 
kynd and helpynge to his mother brethren and sister exhortynge her 
to repent her evell life and to lyve honestlye from henceforth and also 
to be kynde and helpynge to his powre to all his poore cousens and 
frende and to all the tennt^ of the land(> w^^ €rod hath lent me and I 
have left hym and to take nothynge of theym nor of any of theym 
but onlye there due rentQ and servyce in asmuche as God hath sent 
hym the land^ w%ut labo' and they must labo' and paye for theym 
and to be satisfied w^ the same w<^ is much better than was 
left me and wuld have byn better to hym if he wuld have byn 



86 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

councelled or advysed by me or have shewed hym selfe obedient or 
lovynge toward e me for although I wuld not yet I rather desire to 
have hym to die affore me then to lyve to do hurt after me w^ God 
forbid and appon my blessynge I wame the said Thorns from 
requyerynge hym to love dreade and to serve God to frequent charitie 
and to do right w^ mercie and then shall he w®^ is all mercifull grnt 
the his m^cie help and prosper the and thine in this world w^ longe 
life and brynge the also to his unspeakeable ioyes and life everlastynge 
And this doynge I forgyve the all thy mysbehavyo' and trespasses 
done to me and gyve the my blessynge besekynge God to do the 
same and to gr'^nnt us his great rn^cie prayinge the to be good to all 
his and my poore tennt^ Quia donum est terra To my godsonne 
"Rohl v. Sonne to my said sonne Thorns and to his heires males to 
remayne as herelomes my best silver salt duble guylt w*^ a cov half 
a dozen of my best spones a table cloth a towell half a dozen napkens a 
fetherbed w^^ thapptenncQ my cote of plate my head pece my armynge 
sword my pulaxe my speyre two seniles ij blacke billes and my blacke 
velvet cote my best cloake w^ broade garde of velvet to be laye up and 
kept for hym till he be able to use theym To my said soune Thorns 
a gerken of tanye velvet w*^ a- payre of black satten sieves To my 
Sonne Jhon V. a gerken of tanye velvet my dublet w^ sieves of 
blacke velvet my oyle piled cote my ridynge sword a sallit a view 
bo we a shoffe of arrowes two jacks two seniles To my sonne Bic a 
gerken of tanye velvet my cloath gowne faced w*^ blacke tanye my 
prynye cote a sallet ij jacks ij seniles ij billes or pulaxes a spayre a 
shoflf of arrowes a bo we of eue To my welbeloved brother in la we 
John Brereton a payre of bregendynes or white hames w<* bee hathe 
of myne To my cousen Jane his daughter a cupple of hefiers To my 
cousen Wittm Barneston a bowe and a shof of arrows To his ij boys 
iij8 iiij<^ to buy theym boks To my cousen Elizabeth his wife v" to 
buy her a kerchef To my sister Brock^ vj* viij^ and a lambe To 
^ PameU, wife of John Brock of Upton gent. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 87 

my dearelye beloved frend John Bobynson clerke a saffereigne or x" 
of gold humblye besekynge hym and all other my neighbo" kinsfolks 
and frend^ to pray for me Item I give &c. my librarye and all my 
bokes wrytyng^ escript^ munimet^ in my studie and closet w^ my 
deske and standish and all that is therein to my sonne John Van- 
draye willynge and requyrynge hym apon my blessinge to apply his 
leaminge w^ all diligence and that he do not reade any my bokes 
nor others beyinge of the word of God and scripture but w^ meke 
and humble hert and like desire and praire by hym to be made day- 
lye to gyve him grace of right understandynge of the same and the 
true Gatholick and Christian faith w^ut anye arrogancye or myGh 
understandinge thereof And I do constitute &c. Ales my wife 
durynge her widdowhoode onlye my sonne Jhon Y. my sonne Bic 
V. and my verye lovynge frend Jhon Bobynson clerke my true and 
lawfull executo" willynge and instantlye desirynge and prayinge 
theym to se this my last will fiillye and trulye pformed And if it 
shall hap any of my fornamed execute" to repugne or do contrarye 
to this my last will and testam* that then he or she so doyinge not 
to have anye auctoritie of in or by this my last will nor in any wise 
to be taken as my execute" and also the same so contrarie doynge to 
be utterlye voyde and of no effect In witnesse whereof hereunto I 
have set my scale and subscribed my name the day and yeare first 
afore written vi)* the twelft of ffebruary 1567 [1667-8]. 



THE WILL OF ROBERT HOLT OF STUBLEY ESQ.» 



IN the name &c. the xij**» daye of Novembre 1556 I Robert Holt 
of Stubley in the countie of Lane esquier sycke &;c. My bodye 
1 Ko date of probate. Bobert Holt of Stubley Esq. son of Biohard Holt, by Alice, 



88 LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIBS WILLS. 

to be burjed in the ohauncell w4n the churche of ftaehdale nere 
where my uncle lyethe To my Svnt^ Richard Holt Henry Holt Ed- 
munde Mylne Thorn's Gerelde Alex Brydge Bo^ Holt Thorns 
Browne and Elize Coop viij^ that is to wete to e9y of theym xx" To 
James Holt ij oootQ To John Holt one coote H I wyll that all my 
hames shall remayne here at Stubley to y* use of my heires males for 
ev If that all suche dett^ as my uncle Robert Holt dyd owe wheohe 
be as yet unpayed shalbe payed by my executors (exoepte suche 
dette as ca be dyscharged by acquytanc^ or elle by sufficient wyttenes 
or confession) It where I have lately enfeffed Robert Barton esquyer 
and others of an in the thrydde pte of all my maners of Stubley 
Ohesh^m and Naden and in the thrydde pte of all the meases landf 
&o. in Stubley Ghesh"m Naden Honersfelde Spotlande Bury Myddle- 
ton Butterworthe and Oastelton in the said oountie to y^ use of me 
y* said Robert Holt and theyres males of my bodye lawfully begoten 
and for defaulte to y« use of Oicilie my wyiff Richard Jones clerk 
pson of Bury Bauff Barton Henry Sayvell and Arthure Assheton 
gentylm for terme of theire lyves to thentent that they shall paye all 
suche somes of money as sallytQ [falleth ?] to be payd conoernynge one 
maryage to be hade betwyx John sone and heyre apparent of Thome's 
Grenehalghe esquyer and Alice my dought excepte Ixxv^ xiij' iiij^ 
pcell of the saide maryage good^ whiche is nowe payed And to paye 
(if I dye w^oute' issue male of my bodye lawfully begoten) eight 
hundrethe markes as in a dede beyryng date y« jx**» daye of this in- 
stante Novembre more playnly apperith I wyll that all the sayde 

daughter of Sir John Say^ille of Newhall in the county of York Knt. inherited the 
estate on the death of his uncle Bobert Holt Esq. (see his will, p. 14.) — Suffield 
3£88. and VUUation 1567. He married (ooTenants dated 2Dd June, 34 Henry 
VIII.) Cecily, daughter of Andrew Barton of Smithills Esq. His post mortem 
inquisition was taken 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, in which Bobert, son of William 
Holt, is found his cousin and heir, and of the age of fifty years. The last named 
Bobert was father of Charles Holt, the future husband of Mary, one of the daughters 
of the testator. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 89 

Bomes shalbe taken of 7® said thrydde part of my sayde manors land^ 
&c. I! I wylle and assigne to Charles Holt if he marye my dought 
Mary or to his brother aft^ his deceasse if he marye my said dought 
w^in tymes lymytted my lease and interest of and in one mease and 
tente called Starryng lying in the towne of Honersfelde^ nowe in my 
occupacon duryng the yeres yet to expyre in the same And if the 
said Charles or his brother aft^ his deoeaase w^in the said tymes wyll 
not marye my said dought then I assigne my said fermehc^de to 
Cicilie my wyiff as long as she kepith her unmaryed And if she 
marye then to the pfermet of my sayd doughtera unmaryed To my 
said wyiiF all other my leases baigaynes and tackes in the pisshes of 
Rachedale and Bury duryng the yeres of the same yett to spende if 
she kepe her sole and unmaryed and if she marye then to y^ pfermet 
of my saide doughters unmaryed (except suche closes and beastf 
gates as Arthure Assheton^ nowe haith w% the vicaredge of Rache- 
dale the wheche I gyve to y« said Arthure duryng the yeres of the 
same yet to spende payng for the same yerely accordyng as he doith 
nowe) K where as I have surrendred all my copie holde land^ in 
Totygton to y« pformaunce of my last wylle the said Cicilie ray 
wyiff shall have all the same so long as she shall kepe her sole and 
unmaryed towardes y« educacon and bryngyng up of my chyldren 
and if she marye then to y^ use of my saide doughters at the dis- 
cre^n of my saide executors duryng the space of xxj yeres excepte 
one tente called Holcome Heye pcell of the pmiss^ which I wyll 
that George Werberton y« young^ shalbe suffred from yere to yere to 
occupie aft^ the deceasse of Elene late wyiff of Xpofer Holt duryng 
the terme of xxj yeres paynge therfore the ferroes accustomed to the 
said Cicilie The residue of my good^ aft? my dett(> &c. [paid] I 
gyve to y« said Cicilie Richard RauflF Henry and Arthure to y® use 

1 Himdersfield, one of the four large townships composing the ancient parish of 
Eochdale. 
' Of Glegg Hall, an attomey-at-law and a wealthy man. 



90 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

of all my saide iiij doughters nowo not lykened to be maryed whiche 
saide Cicilie &c. I make my executors And for that y* they shall 
have no pte ne porcon of my saide good^ I gyve unto evy one of 
theyme fyve markes and to have theire cost^ made if they be put to 
any trowble If m that yf it fortune M' Thorns Grenehalghe^ to dye 
(his sone John beyng wMn age) that then my saide executors shall 
have y« custodye of y^ bodye and land(^ of the said John O. as 
gardens* in socage to y« use of y said John G. 1? that my saide exe- 
cutors shall have in lyke case y« custodye of the bodye and land() of 
John sone and heire apparent of Thorns Belfelde^ (if the said Thorn's 
dye his said sone beyng w4n age) to y^ use of y^ said John B. I 
make supvysors of this my last wylle Robert Barton esquyer and 
Thome's Grenehalghe esquyer These wyttenes Oharles Radclyff gent. 
S' John Dygle Robert Buoley WiHm Deurden. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS LEGH OF HIGH LEGH ESQ.^ 



IN the name &c. 29*»^ of October 31 of Elizabeth 1589 I Thomaa 
Leghe of High Leghe in the countie of Chester esquire beinge 
somewhat sycke in bodye &c. my bodye to be buryed in Christian 
buriall where yt shall please God to appoynt To the children of my 

' Of Brandlesholme Hall, parisk of Bury. ' Ghiardians. 

' Of Cleggswood, in the parish of Bochdale. 

^ ProTod 2l8t January 1&89-90. Thomas, son of Bobert Legh of East Hall in High 
Legh bj Alice, daughter of Hugh Starkej of Oulton Esq., married Isabel, daughter of 
(George Trafford and sister and heiress of Balph Trafford Esq. of Gkmrett Hall, Man- 
chester (see her brother William Trafford's will, p. 61), and was ancestor of Qeorge 
Cornwall Legh Esq. of High Legh, M.P. for the northern diyision of Cheshire. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 91 

Sonne Robert Leghe deceassed suche somes of money &;o. that ys to 
saye nnto Thomas Leghe two hundreth poundes Unto Bobert Leghe 
three hundreth poundes To my sister Meyre tenne poundes To my 
sister Jane tenne poundes All the legacyes and somes of money be- 
fore bequethed shall be taken owte of all my good^ and cattail^ 
(except my leases and tackf hereafter bequethed) Unto George 
Legh my nexte heire my lease of the corne haye pigge and goose w*^ 
hempe and flax w^^in the tunnship of High Leghe to the mayneteyn- 
ance of his howse in keepinge hospitallitie Unto the sayde George 
Leghe my lease of the aulnershipp in the countie of LancaeS requir- 
inge and charginge hym before God in consideracon of the same to 
healpe and ayde his bretherne and especiallie his yongest brother 
Bobte Leghe when and so often as ejrther he or they shall stande in 
neede of helpe I gyve &c. my lease whiche I have in North wood 
Pke of certayne landes there to the saide George Leghe so that he 
doe keepe yearelie some honest learned man that cann saye divine 
service to serve at my chappell at High Leghe for the ease of my 
tenant(> frendes and wellwillers of my howse of High Legh To the 
sayde George L. all the residue of my goodes moveable and unmove- 
able as well reall as psonall yet not before bequethed my dett^ and 
Ainerall expenses beinge discharged owte of the whole requestinge 
the saide George L. to be good to my sonnes children before named 
And of this my last will &c. I make the saide George L. my true and 
lawfuU execute' In wytnes whereof &c. Sealed &c. in psence of us 
Edward Legh Bichard Garnet Wittm Corbie Bandall Smallwood 
Bobte Leigh. 



LANCABHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF JOHN LEGH OF RIDGE ESQ.* 



IN the name of the ffather the Sonne and off the Holy Ghost 
18t»^ of January 20 of Elizabeth 1577 [1577-8] I John 
Leyghe off the Bidge in the countie of Chester esquier beinge in 
good health &c. I comytt my bodye to the earth to be buried in 
Buche comelie and decent order as my executors shall thinke meete 
nighe to my auncestors yff yt conveniently may be I gyve to John 
Leighe my eldest sonne and heyre apparant one standeinge cupp 
of sylver giltt w**» a cov wrought w* pculinsse^ and roses uppon 
the knobble off the cover a silver salt gilt w**^ a cov wrought w*** 
the rames head^ an other silver salt gilt w%ute a cov one standeing 
boUe off sylver w**» one cov pcell giltt baveing theron the rames head 
wrought a cupp of silver w*^ a cover gilt twelve silv spones with 
kneppes gilt wrought with a lyon a stone cupp with a cov off sylver 
giltt sixe of the best fether beddf or beddf of downe sixe of y« best 
materasses sixe of the best bolsters sixe of the best pillowes and 
pillowe beares sixe peyre of the best blanket^ sixe payre of the best 
flaxen shettf sixe of the best coverlettf sixe off [the] best beddstockf 
ffoure off the best brasse pottf and twoe lesse three of the best 
pannes a gamishe and a half off the best vessell ffoure of the best 
bordclothes one dosen of the best napkyns foure of the best towels 

* Proved 10th AprU 1678. John Legh of Ridge Esq., son of Roger Legh hy Maiy, 
daughter and heiress of William Sparke of Surrey, (afterwards wife of Sir Edmund 
Sayage of Macclesfield, knighted at Leith 37 Henry VIII.) married Elizabeth, daughter 
of Fulke Dutton, mayor of Chester. John Legh, escheator of Cheshire 12 Henry VI., 
younger son of Sir Peter Legh Knt., grantee of Lyme and brother of Sir Peter Legh 
who died at Paris of the wounds he had receiyed at the battle of Agincourt, was pos- 
sessed of Ridge in right of his wife Alice, daughter and heiress of John Alcocke of 
Bidge. Here his descendants continued until the time of George II., when the pro- 
perty was sold by Francis Legh of Ridge Esq. — Ormerod, voL iii. p. 874. 

' The portcullis and rose were badges of the royal house of Tudor. 

■ The crest of the famUy. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 93 

twoe off the best basons twoe of the best ewers a dosen off the beste 
cuishoDS twoe off the beste carpett^ all my armor bookf and apparell 
a chayne of gold wich was gyven hym by the Lady Savage my 
mother a gold ringe with a diamonde wich was gyven hym by M' 
ffowke Dutton his grandfather an other gold ringe with a blewe 
saphire all the glasse seelinge waynescotte hangeingf tables formes 
cupboardf leades breweinge vessels and ffurnacC at the Bidge in the 
hall kjrttchen parlor chambers and bowses off office there the grate 
in the kyttchen two rackf foure spittf twoe of the best geldingf 
twoe of the best mares fonrescore ewes and fourtie weithers in full 
satis&ction off all suche goodds and cattail as the said John my sone 
may elayme at my hands by the legacy and devyse off the Ladie 
Savage my mother deceased or by any other way whatsoe? But yf 
the sayd John my sone doe deceasse w%ut issue then I gyve the 
sayd parcel^ of gooddf to suche other off my sones as shall happen 
too be myne heyre And after theise legacies devided I will that my 
dettf and the charges of my buryall be ffyrst payd off my goodf To 
the executors off this my will e9y of them xx« for ther paynes To 
Bauffe Bradley my servante my short furred gowne and my blacke 
cloake layd uppon with laces To Robert Ryle a marble cloake and 
a grene coate To Edward Whittacars one dublett and two pay re off 
hoose All the residewe off my goodf and cattell I gyve &c. to Eliza- 
beth my wiffe to her awne use (excepted to Katherene my doughter 
suche plate as was gyven her by Katerine Dutton wydowe her 
grandmother) And concninge my land^ I gyve &c. to the said John 
my sone or suche other as shalbe myne heyre my mansion or dwell- 
ing howse off the Bidge and all the demayne landf belongeinge to 
the same my mansion and dwelling howse called Winckle Graunge 
and all the demayne landes off the same and all other my landes &c. 
within the counties of Ohester Stafforde and Derby saveinge and 
resveinge to my wiffe the interest and tytle off her dower and to my 
yonger sones the severall annuities off ffyve markf yerely graunted 
forthe off Wynde Gh*aunge uppon this condicon that he the same 



94 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

John my sone shall truly paye all suche my dettf as my goodf will 
not amount to pay I gyve all my landes &c. in the county of Suf- 
folke (except the woodf and advousons) to my executors untill they 
have levyed the severall somes off money hereafter lymjrted that ys 
to saye to the use of Alize and Marye my daughters eyther off them 
fourescore poundes And to the use of evy other of my daughters 
(nowe not maryed or in widowhoodd) ffyvescore poundf a peece to 
be payd to them as they shall sevally come to mariage pferm^ or 
lyving with this condicon that yf any off my daughters doe decease 
before they come to convenient age to enioye ther porcons or yff any 
off them refuse to be ruled by my executors and oversears in the 
choyse off ther mariage or pferm* off lyveinge that then her or ther 
por&n so deceaseing or refuseing to be ordered shall cease &o. and 
also untill my executors have receyved off my sayd landes to the use 
of evy off my yonger sonnes the some of twenty markf for eche and 
e9y of them under lyke condign as before lymyted to my daughters 
and also untill my executors have receyved of my sayd landes the 
some off 00^ sixescore poundes theroff to be imployed to the exhi- 
bition off Roger my sonne and ffourescore poundes theroff to the 
exhibition off Thomas my sonne to the studye of the lawes off this 
realme And after the reeeipte off y® sevall somes aforesaid then the 
same landes &c. shall remayne to my right heires for ever Also that 
Edward Whittacars my ^vant shall have for terme off his naturall 
lyffe the cotage wherin he nowe dwellethe and the gardeyn belonge- 
ing to the same with sufficientt hay for two kye in the wynter time 
to be taken in y^ demaynes off the Bidge aforesaid w%ut any rentt 
paying dureing the said terme off his lyffe ffynally I make the said 
John Leighe my sone M' Bobt Leghe off Lyme Roger Pott off 
Harropp Edward Hollinshed off Bosley and Banff Bradley my 
^vantt thexecutors off this my last wyll and testament and Edward 
ffitton off Gawsworthe and Thomas Leghe off Adlinton esquiers 
overseers Theise being wyttnesses Wyllyam Heyley Geffrey John- 
son Boger Jackson Bauffe Bradley Edward Hollynshed. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE 1WILL8. 95 

THE WILL OF HENRY STANLEY OF 
BICKERSTATH ESQ.i 



IN the name &c. 20 July 40 Elizabeth 1598 I Henrye Standley 
of Byckerstath in the countye of Lane, esquier being &c. My 
bodye I bequeath to Ghrystian buriall in ray pishe churche of Oraieeh 
kirke in my ehappell there to be sepultred and buried emongf my 
auncesto" in suche sorte as by the discre&Sn of my executors shalbe 
thought mete After my ffunerall and debtf dischardged, my goodes &o. 
shalbe devyded (accordinge to the custome of the countree) into three 
equall ptes, one pte thereof to be to my selfTe, one other to my wyfie 
and thother emongf my children, nevtheles upon suche condicons 
&c. viz. that eyther of my dowghters nowe unmaryed, shall have 
bestowed on them by my wieffe of the rentf &c. of these my landes 
in Byckerstath and ellswheare w^in the countye of Lane fiyve hun- 
dred poundes a piece towardes theire mariage to be levied after the 

rate of (sic) by yeare they beinge ruled and governed in theire 

mariage by my lovinge wyff and by suche other firendes as my said 
wieffe shall appoynte And if eyther of my said younger doughters 
fortune to decease before they shalbe soe maried or preferred, that 
one hundreth poundes pcell of the said ffyve hundreth poundes 
w^^ should have ben to her soe decessed shalbe hoUye to suche 
younger doughter soe survyvinge, and that the other ffowre hun- 

1 PrOTed 17th January 1598-9. Henry Stanley of Bickepstaff, son of Sir James 
Stanley of Cross Hall Knight (brother of Thomas second Earl of Derby) married 
26th Sept. 1563, Margaret, only daughter of Peter Stanley of Anghton Ssq. by his 
first wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of James Scarisbrick of Bickerstaff in right 
of his wife Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas Atherton Esq. of BiokerstafT. 
He was buried at Ormskirk 23rd July 1598, leaving issue Edward, James, and Jane 
wife of Q-abriel Hesketh of Aughton Esq. His eldest son Edward was created a 
baronet by Charles I. and wad ancestor of the present Earl of Derby. — Bainee's 
Lane, See the Stanley Papers^ part ii. p. 96. 



96 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

dreth poundes shalbe equalise distributed upon my said jouuger 
doughter soe survyvinge one hundreth poundes, upon my younger 
Sonne James Standley one hundreth poundes, and upon my eldeste 
Sonne Edward S. one hundreth poundes, and upon Anne S. dough- 
ter of my said sonne Edwarde one hundreth poundes Also wheare 
I have a lease from the right honorable Wi!hn Earle of Darbye 
of one capitall messuage called the Crosse hall and of certen landes 
to the same belonginge, I gyve the same lease to my younger 
Sonne James S. in recompence of his childes pte and filial] porcon 
Provyded allwayes that if Edward S. my eldest sonne shall at anye 
tyme w^Mn th^ space of one yeare next after my decease eonveye to 
the said James S. my younger sonne one messuage or tente in 
Aughton called the lytle hall in Aughton and all the landes to the 
same belonginge beinge pcell of myne enheritaunce, together w^ one 
anujrtye or yearely rent of thirtie poundes for tearme of his naturall 
lieffe, that then the said James S. shall delyver to my said sonne 
Edward S. the sayd lease of the Crosse hall. And as towohinge my 
landes by me purchased I give &c. the same hollye to my sonne 
Edward S. for tearme of his liefe and after his death then to the 
firste begotten sonne of the bodie of the said Edwarde lawfully begot- 
ten then to the second sonne third sonne &c. of the said Edward S. 
lawfully begotten And for default &c. then to James S. my seconde 
sonne for the tearme of his lieffe And after his decease, then to the 
first second sonne &c. of the said James S. lawfully begotten And 
for defaulte &c. then to the right heires of me the said Henrye S. for 
ever. Soe allwayes provyded, that my said wifie shall duringe her 
lyffe have the one halfe of all the landes by [me] purchased* Also 
I geve &c. one measuage or tente in Burscowe late in th^occupacon 
of Wittm Waynewrighte deceassed and bowght by me of Andrew 
Waterwarde, for suche tearme as I have therein, and all other my 
tackf and leases as Tallome in the countye of filynte or ellswheare 
w^in the realme of Englond to Margaret my wiefie towardes the 



LANCABHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 97 

satisfyeinge of my debtf and legacyes. To Jane my doughter nowe 
wifTe of Gabriell Hesketh the sume of one hundreth poundes to be 
paide after the rate of tenne poundes by yeare, the firste payment to 
begynne one yeare after the death of me the said Henrie S. and if my 
said doughter Jane doe fortune to dye before the hundreth poundes 
be fullye payde, then the said payment of tenne poundf to ceasse. 
And I doe intreate my lovinge wieffe Margaret, my lovinge neviewe 
Wittm fFarington esqnier and my firend Bauffe Worseley gent, to be 
executo'" of this my last will. In wittnes &c. Signed &o. in the 
^sence of us^ Barthollmawe Hesketh Thomas Hesketh Roger Wall- 
worth Peter Leadebeater James Ghadock Peter Charles. 

Extracts from '' a true and perfecte inventorie of the gooddf &o. 
of Henrie Stanlye of Byckerstath esquier^^ July 20 1598. 

Imprimis xxvj milke kyne Ixxij^ xiij* iiij** — three buUes viij'* x« — 
sixtene dranghte oxen Ixxvji^ — twoe twynter bullockf iiij^ xiij» iiij^ 

— viij twynter heffers xvij^ — one oowe and a calfe w*^ her lvj» viij* 

— sixtene calves ix^ iiij*^ffower paye hennes and oockc ij* — xv 
acres of barlye sowen upon the grounde Iviij^ — three acres and a 
halfe of wheat xvj^ — In M'" Standley her dosett xiij disshes and one 
basen of pewter xx» — yj other pewter dishes and one plate xij» — ix 
sallett or frute dishes ij" viij^ — in flax and hempe xiiij* — in sope 
vj" — in hoppes iiij« — Store bowse Flaxe and towe yj" — in woolle 
and woollen yome xl" — xxij flaxen slyppinges^ xxx" — xij slipping^ 
of Beadinge xj* — in tanned hydes xxxiij^ iiij^ — fy ve spynnynge 
wheales t* — In y^ pier at the lytle hall in Aughton one poll axe 
and one forrest bill xx* — one olde sworde ij» — one ould calyv and 
one pistole iiij" — twoe ewe bowes and one qwyver with arrowes in 
it iij» iiij<^ — in plate xx^ — one flagon cheane viij^* — one other 
cheane w*'' linkf xij^ — twoe flagon cheane braselettf iiij^^. 

1 Now called ** slabbings" in Lancashire, and applied to wool when scoured and 
spun but not woren. 



II. 



98 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

THE WILL OF ANDREW BARTON OP 
SMETHILLS ESQ.^ 



IN the name &c. 7 Feb. 1648 [1548-9] 3 Edw. VL I Andrew 
Barton of the Smythellf in the countye of Lanoasc esquier 
&c. My body to be buried in the chauncell of the pyshe ohurche of 
Bplton in as shorte tyme as can any honest pvyoyon be made oon- 

veny all expencf &c. to be levyed of my goodes at the 

dyscresyon of my executors Thurstan Tyldesley esquier 

Wiiim Longley clerke now pson of Fstwyche Laurance Asshaw and 
S' James Bolton yicar of Bolton... many of theym as then shall for- 
tune to be unlyve. To Syr John Pynckok p'est my chapleyne 
twellve markf to be payt unto hym in too yeres And as concemyng 
thorderyng of my manors landf &c. wythin the oountyes of Lancasr 
and NotyngU'm I wyll that Thurstan T. esquier and Laurence A. 
my most trustie and faithAill cousyns shall apoynt and assigne y^ 
landc yerly of olde rent to goe oute of the townes of Ootyngton 
Garleton Newarke Garlyton and Mustane in the countie of Notyng- 
h'^m by the instructyon and informaoyon of my Sv'nnt Roger Urmy- 
stone to be assured to a free scole^ in Wynwycke for e^ upon my 

1 Andrew Barton of Smethills, son of Jolin Barton, by Cicely, daughter and heiress 
of Balph Baddyffe of SmethiUs Esq. married Anne (called Agnes alias Anne in the 
Stanley pedigree), daughter of Sir William Stanley of Hooton Knt., by whom he had 
issue, Bobert his successor, Balph, Henry, Thurstan, Cicely wife of Bobert Holt of 
Stubley Esq., Margaret wife of John Weetby of Mowbreck Esq., Elenor wife of Ed- 
ward Singleton of Broughton Tower Esq., and Dorothy, who married William G erard , 
Beoorder of Chester. — ViiUaUon^ 1567. There is no date of probate to the will, 
but the post mortem inquisition was taken 8 Edward TT. at which time the testator 
was 61 years of age. His descendant, Sir Thomas Barton Knt., died in the time of 
the Commonwealth, and left an only daughter and heiress, Ghraoe, the wife of Henry, 
son and heir of Thomas, first Yisoount Fauoonberg, by whose descendant the estate 
was sold in 1721. See NoHUa CettriemU^ roL ii. part L p. 89. 

' By indenture dated 6th April 1619 Sir Peter Legh of Lyme Ent. gare a yearly 



LANCA8HIBB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 99 

oostes and charges and to be made affore the feast of saynt Myohell 
tharcagell next oomyng yf I the said Andrew do not make it in my 
lyff tyme. In [re]cora[p]ence wherof I wyll y* my sone Robert 
Barton or he y* shall hapen to be my heyre shall have the one halfe 
of the lordshipe of Oswentwysyll wyche I lately purchased of the 

right honO^^abylU Henr bonnden to my brother in 

law Wittm Westby esquier in sevall obligacyons to pay unto hym 
yet beyng behynde faurscore markf for the maryage of Margaret my 
doughter to John Westby his sone and heyre apparent I wyll y* the 
said Thurstan T. Wittm L. pson of Prestwyche and Laurence A. 
shall take xx^ markf yerly of the issued &c. of my landf in Not- 
ynglf mshire duryng faure yers to pay unto the sayd Wittm Westby 
the sayd some I wyll y* the said Thurstan T. &c. shall take xx^ yerly 
of my landf in Blakbume and Boumsgreve to pay my dettf whiche 
I stond bounde to my frendf by bylles &c. And whear I have co- 
venated w^ the saidf Wilhn L. and Laurence A. y* that they shall 
take the pfettf of my pte of the ferme of Bolton and the tythe of 
Myche Hole y* they therw^ after my deth shuld pay unto Banff 
Barton x^ yerly duryng certeyn yeres towardf his exibysyon and 
lemyng &c. I w^ll y* the said Thurstan Wittm and Laurence shall 
take of my land(; in Myche Hole and Flyxton xl markf yerly to the 
pfermet of the maryges of Dorathe and Eleno^ my doughters unto 
suche tyme as they have taken the somes of CCOO markf y* is to 
wete for aither of theym too hundreth markf pvydyt always y* if 
the saidf Dorathe and Eleno' wyll not be reuled by the ov^seers of this 
my wyll then the said paymet to surcease &c. And wheare Gowther 
Lee esquier whose saule God pdone dyd apoynt Thurstan Tyldesley^ 

rent for erer of £10 towards the salary of the master of the Free Grammar School at 
Winwick. In this deed Sir Peter Legh recites a grant of £10 per annum made by his 
great nncle^ Chralter Legh, to this school, but no mention is made of the bequest of 
Andrew Barton. — JSeport of the CkaHty CommUsioners, toI. ii p. 194. 

1 Henry Baddyffe, second Earl of Sussex, K. G., ob. 1556. —Nicolas' Synopsis^ 
Tol. iL p. 628. 

> See WUh and IwventorUsy first portion, p. 104. 



100 LANCA8HIEE AND CHV8HIRE WILLS. 

esquier and me Andrew B. to be the executors of his last wyll and dyd 
bequeth unto us ffaurescore poundf toward^ the pfermet of the roary- 
agf of EljU Lee and Elsabeth Lee his cousyns doughters of John 
Lee whearof I have ffaurtie poundf in my handf I wyll y^ w% one 
quarter of a y ere after my deth myn executors shall levie the said 
siime of xl^ of my moveable goodes and the same delyv unto the 
said Thurstan Tyldesley esquier yf he then be lyvyng And yf the 
said Thurstan be deceassed as God forbyde then I charge my execu- 
tors as they wyll aswayr me aiFore God y* they pay the said siime to 
y saidf Ely& and Elsabeth wH)ut maken any delay or dryvyng 
of tyme uncovenyently Also wheare the said Gowther Lee dyd 
make the said Thurstan T. and me Andrew B. his assignes of 
his lease of his benefyce in Wynwycke I make my assigney for 
my porcyon therof the said Thurstan T. to thentent y* he may 
therw* pay the pson of Wynwycke his rentf make repacyons ther y* 
I stand bounden unto pay waygC to the pestes accordyngly to the 
last wyll of the said Gowther Also I make Agnes my wyiT my 
assigney of the thred pte of the ty the cornes of Halghton wyche I 
have in ferme duryng my intest yf she kepe any howse wHn the 
pysshes of Bolton or Deyn and yf not then I make Robert my sone 
my deputie therof Also whear Sir Alexand' Radcliff knyght whose 
saule God pdon and I Andrew B. have a lease of all manor of tythes 
of the pysshes of Eccles and Deyne and I have grannted the moite of 
my intrest therof to Roger Urmyston Roger Warde and Roger Talyer 
for my pte yet remanyng of the said lease I make Robert my sone 
my assigney Also wheare I have a lease of the Right Honorable 
Thomas lorde le Wayre of landf in Horwyche I make Robert my 
sone and his heyrf males my assignes of my said lease and of my 
intest of the lordshipe of the Abides Also I gyffe to the said Robert 
B. my sone my ryng and signett of golde too sylver saltes and one 
cov for the same one sylver pott gyldyt w^ a co9 one dosant of my 
best sylv spones one goblet of sylv pcell gyld w* a cov my best bedd 
w^ the best covyng and w^ clothes therto belongyng one gemysshe of 



LANCASHIRE AND CHB8HIBB WILL8. 101 

pew? vessel! to be as heyrlomes all the chapell gear except one sate 
of vestmentf best but one To Agnes my wyff one salte of sylv w^ a 
co9 a 8yl9 pott w* a cov one dosant of sylv spones w* madyn hedf 
upon theym one sute of vestmentf the best but one Also I gyve to 
Bauff Barton ten mPks To Henry Barton fyve m^ks To Robert 
Holte my sone in law a geldynge To John Westby my sone in law 
and his wyff one ffether bedd w^ clothes th^to belongyng and one 
geldyng Also I right heartely desyr Robert my sone as my speoyall 
trust is in hym to pforme and fulfill this my wyll in recompence of 
suche costes and charge as I have susteyned and borne for for then- 
ereasynge of his enherytance and in c5sideracon of suche sumes of 
money as I have leafte hym to take for his maryage as I myght 
have taken yf I wolde And my esspecyall trust and confydence is y* 
Agnes my wyff and Robert my sone wyll lovyngly agree to gethers 
and love and charysshe my olde ?vnntf to ther powers and y* they 
apon my costes shall kepe my howse her at Smythell^ one quart of 
a yere next after my decease and pay my Svnntf theyr waygf To 
Thurstan Tyldesley S' Wittm Longley pson of Fstwyche Laurenc 
Asshaw and Richard Lever faure of my beste coltes y^ be under 
faure yerf olde To S' James Bolton vicar of Bolton one yoke of my 
best draght oxen And forsomyche as I ame not lemed in the law 
nor have not the experyence and knowlege sufficyentlye to make 
and declare this my last wyll in forme accordyng to the lawe by 
reason whearof it may fortune y^ sondry and dyvse articles therin 
conteyned myght be voide in the lawe yf they shulde be extremely 
expoundit or evyll hendyt or taken I therefore right heartely desyre 
all ordenaryes and juges who shall hapen to have the orderyng or 
jugyng therof to juge it to the best &c. I make Agnes my wyff Ro- 
bert B. my sone Thurstan Tyldesley and Robert Holte esquierf to 
be myne executors to pforme &o. as they wyll answayre me affore 
Ood Thez beynge wytnes S' James Bolton vicar of Bolton Henry 
Barton S^ John Fynckok pest Roger Urmystone and others. 



102 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 

Inyentoriu omn bonorii et catallo^ q fiiernt Andreas Barton armig 
die quo obiit apciatorii p quatuor homies fidei dignos viz Bogeru Urmy- 
stone Jobne Stones Rioardu Talyer et Wi!]im Holdeyn juratos forma 
joris ad pciand. omia bona et catalla pd ad peiu oondignu desimo die 
Ap'lt anno regni Begf Edwardi sexti tercio ffirst viij geldyngf one 
stonet horse and xiij mares and ffeles xvij^ — one stage and vj jet-- 
ynges v^^ — xxiiij oxen xxxiji* — iij fett oxen viij^> x« — xl kycn and 
offers xl^ — VJ offers and sterf of iij yere age and xxij of ij yere age 
xvj^ viij» viij* — iiij stores of iiij yer age iiij^ — three holies xlviij* — 
xviq styrkes of one yere age vj^ — xxij store shepe xlvj^i — j^ otes 
oxj bysses xvij^^ iiij* — xviij score mettf of barly and beane and peyse 
xxiji* xiij" iiij^l — three score mettf of rye liij» iiij* — xviij federbeddf 
and xij materas xiiij^^ xiij* iiij* — xxvij bolsters xxj payr of blankettf 
xlviij covlettf viij pillois of downe xviij pyllo beres and v covyngf 
xxiiijii xiij" iiij* — xviij pare of flaxin shetes xxx pare of canvas xvij 
burde clothes xx towellt yj dosaynt of napkyns vij covyngf for tables 
and cupburdc xj^ vj" viij* — vij whisshons of carpent warke and 
xvj other whisshons xiiij* —three sylver saltes too pottf one goblett 
too dosaint of sylv spones and one chalys ix^ — too gamysshe of 
pewter iij voyders x podychers ij pottf one bowle ij basyns and too 
ewers uj^ xiij" iiij* — vj brasse pottf yj pannf iuj caldrons x chanlers 
one brasyn moix w* a pestill too frying pannf and one skemere iij^» 
xij" — too leadf one colyng fatt ij brendretf viij par of tangf iiij 
spyttf one creaset ij chawfynge dishis v gawbemf iij^ xiiij" — iiij 
hogyhshedf xxv barellf ij brinyng keyrf iij stondf vj chystf ij great 
arkf for come w^ other abilymentf of howseholde yj\ 

Dehil q defunctus debebat. 

flSrst to Roger Urmyston of lent moneye Cj^> vij" xj* — S' James 

Bolton vicar of Bolton lj^» xj" viij* — S'f Wittm Longley pson of 

Fstwiche viij^ — Lauranc Asshawe xlviij^^ — Gyles Morres iiij^ — 

James fforthe xxxyj" x* — Richard Lever xxx^i — Margaret Longton 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 103 

widow 1^ V" viij<* — Henry Hopkyngson of Hulme xl^ — WiBm 
Broke xxxp ij* — S' Henry ffaryngton knyght xl^ — Laorenc 
Brownlaw xvij^ iij« viij<i — Elizabeth Legh xV^ — James Morres 
xxiija yd — Wi&m Kyrshagh yj^ — Nicholas Mather vj^ xiij* iiij^ — 
John Whittell vj*^ — 01y9 Lokewoode iij^ vj" viij^ — Rauff Hasyl- 
hurst xxxiiij* vij^ — John Stones ix^ — John Walche xl^ — Robert 
Tumo' xxiiij" ij*. 



THE WILL OF ALICE FRAMWALL OF CHESTER, 

WIDOW. 



IN Dei noie Amen 12 Oct. 1550 I Alice ffiramwall wyddowe &o. 
My bodie to be buryed in my poche churche Saynt Johns in 
Chester nygh the font I gyve unto my sonnes Wittm and Thomas 
one orcharde in the croftC of the citie of Chester to have &o. for xxj^ 
yeres next ensuyng my decesse in recompence of the sume of viij^^ 
sterlyng w^'^ I borrowed of them in my greate necessitie And after 
the said xxj^ yeres [it] shall remayne unto my son Rogdr and to [his] 
heyres togeyther wyth all other my landc and tentf and for de&wte 
&c. then to my sonnes Wifim Thorns and RaufF and to thare heyres 
for e? To my daghters Roose and Elen my best beydf to be devydyd 
betwyxt them To my doghter Alice my second Byl9 pyn and a 
payre of sil9 hokf a drepyng pan my iij*^ gowne a flokbedd a co?lett 
a blanket my eyse pott a platter a salser and a pewter disshe To my 
doghter Roose my best gowne a kyrtill my best syl? pyn my best 
feddur^bed w^ y* bolster my best pan the bullen pott my best cuh- 
borde a yewlow covlet and x* in money To Elen my doghter my 

second fedd^ bedd ij pillooes a blancket a bl covlet my boghton 

pott a panpot a platter a maslen bassen and a salser To my son 



104 LANCA8H1BK AND CHBSHIBB WILLS. 

Wiffm my co9yng a fyre chafer a flokbed w*all thingf belongyng to 
the same a grate of iron my second cupborde and the settles in the 
hall To my son Thorns my cownter in the hall my second pan a 
meyte pot a grene covlet and vj» viij<* in money To my two sonnes 
Wittm and Thomas all the implement^ in the shoppe belongyng to 
thaire occupacon I wyll that my son Boger shall have no pte of my 
goodc for I have paid for hym xxxv* whereof was dne to hym xiij* 
iiij^ and the rest of the same money I forgyve hym To my son 
Ilau£f xiijs iiij^ The rest of all my goodf &c. I will shalbe equally 
devydyd amongest my iij sonnes "Wittm Thomas and BaulS^ and my 
iij doghters Boose Allice and Elen at the disorecon of my honest 
neybors Wittm Walton baker Thoins Fleccher Banff Wright John 
Henryson and Boger Bafforde I make my lawfiiU executors my 
twoo sonnes Wittm and Thomas Framwall And ovseers my fore- 
namyd neyghbors Wittm Wallton Thorns Fletcher Banff Wright and 
Boger Bafford (or Basford) the w^ be witnesse of the same &c. 

Scrip! fuit p me Thoma Latwys. 



THE WILL OF BOBEBT COOK, PBIEST.* 



IN the name &c. 16 Jan. 5 Ed. 6 I Bobert Cock prest &c. I 
wyll that my bodie and bones be buried in the churche at 
Assheton under Lyme yf I departe in the sayde towne or piche I 
gyve to the povertie of the towne and piche xx* so that the wyffe of 
Henrie Thorpe shall have theyre of ij> provideih alwayes that in case 
be the kyngf money be munyshed afore the distribucdn of the for- 
saide xx> that then myne executory shall mynester acordyng as it 
wyll extende To my syster Alece the wyffe of Bauffe Walocke vj" 
> No date of probate. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 105 

viijd To BanffeWalocke my best wynterjaketwyth sieves ToNycho- 
las Lyilie ij olde angels To Helen LyUie and Johane Lyilye [each] 
ij olde angels of gold To Henrie Lyllie one olde nowble otherwyse 
called x> and one olde angell a payre of bedstokf a matres a boster ij 
blanckettf ij coverlett^ ij rownde shetf a qwete coveryng and one 
bedhengyng To my syster Johane late wyffe of Biaufe Lyllie one 
olde ryall and one dubblie ducket To the wyffe of Henrye Oook my 
brothers wyffe ij» To everie one of my god ohyleren my blessyng 
and viij^ To Jamys Cock ij yong waythers goyng be neyte the 
towne To my brother Henrie Cock all my woode in my torfe bowse 
To Johane Weryngton xx^ To Elsabeyth Haroppe viij* To Eateryn 
Wyttygare Byoharde Thomson Wyllyam Smyght everie one of 
them iiijd To my cosyn Nycholas Leghes my selke hatte and my 
beste coyfe To Seth Haspynall iiij^ To Sir Edwarde Heape all my 
turves and my byrchen shides (?) lying in my chambre To my brother 
Sir Heleas Assheworth my best chappe ? To Charles Soolfelde my 
bowe one coate at the discreoion of myne executors To my syngler 
good maist Sir Wyft"m Thomson person of Assheton one olde ryall 
of golde for hys goodnes to me shewed at all tymes To my syngler 
good Maistres Elezabeth Assheton in parte of my bundone dwetie 
one olde angell of golde To good Maistres Hopwode my daylie 
firende one %ve shelyng of gold dyssyryng her to take it in worthe 
Also be it knowen by thys my psente wyll wrytyn with my awne 
handc that I do owghe to my brother Wyttm neyther gold ner 
sylver ner yeth anye other dwetie savyng brotherlie love and oha- 
ritie Also I confesse that my sayde brother Wyllyam Cock dowth 
oghe unto me ffy ve pounds To Laurance Lyffesley one Nwe Testa- 
ment in Engleshe To my syster Johane late wyffe of Baufe Lyllie 
all the rest of my goodf to the bryngyng upe of her powre ohyldren 
I wyll y^ M' person shall have for my mortuarie acordyng to the 
kyngp statute. I make my cosyn Nycholas Leghes and my syster 
Johane my executors and Sir Wyttm Thomson person of Assheton 
11. p 



106 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

supervisore of thys my laste will These beyng records Sir Edwarde 
Heape Robert Wryght and Robert Wenterbotham w*^ others 

by me Robert C!ock prest. 

To Merget Brone two kerchyfff besyde her wages To S' 
Edwarde Heape my sarcenett typpet Also the obligacion in the 
wyche my brother Wyttm Oock standys bowndon unto me for the 
payment of fyve pounde shalbe gevyn to my godson Robert Cock 
son of the sayde Wyihn by me Robert Oock prest. 

In the inventory there are ^' one longe gowne of blacke xvij" one 
wynter gowne ij shorte gownes x*.*" 



THE WILL OF JOHN BRADDYLL OF 
. WHALLEY ESQ.> 



IN the name of God Amen 31 May 1675 I John Braddill of 
Whalley in the countie of Lancaster esquier hoUe of mynde 
&c. My bodye I doe beqneth to chirsten buryall in the north syde 

> Proved September 1, 1699. John Braddyll, son of Edward Braddyll of Brook- 
hole, by Jane, daughter of Bobert Orombocke of Clerkhill, married Jane, daughter of 
John Foster of Whalley, by whom he had issue Edward, his son and heir ; Richard ; 
Anne, married first John Chew of Parkhead, and secondly Thomas Southworth of 
Highfield ; Oioely, wife of Bernard Blakey Gent ; and Jennet, who married TJgtred 
Morley of BraddylL — (Corry's Laneoihire,) His descendant John BraddyU of 
Portfield Esq. (ob. 1727-8) married Barah, daughter and at length sole heiress of 
Myles Dodding of Ck>nishead Esq., whose representative T. B. G-. Braddyll Esq. a 
few years since disposed of Conishead Prioiy and other property in Lancashire. This 
Will corroborates Whitaker^s statement that John Braddyll trafficked in the unsafe 
commodity of abbey lands to a very great amoimt, so that among the MSS. of his 
family a whole volume, No. 57, is filled with transcripts of these grants alone. The 
testator was buried at Whalley November 18, 1578, and his wife is erroneously called 
by Whitaker /oAofmo. — BiH. WhaUmf^ p. 244. For some interesting notices of the 
halls of Braddyll and Portfield see Asshetan*€ Journal (published by the Chetham 
Society) pp. 14-16, and a notice of the testator in the introd. page iv., and also in the 
Stanley Papers, part ii. p. 141, notes. 



LANCABHiaS AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 107 

of the pishe church of Whalley where Jenet my wifTe lyeth whose 
BOiile GK)d pdon I make my most tmstie frend the right worshipfull 
Gilbt Gerrard esquier the Qaenes maitf attorney geSlall and Edward 
Braddill my welbeloved sonne my executo" I geve to Thomas Sin- 
gleton of Oxeforth thre poundf sexe shillinges eight pennce And for 
as moch as I have maied a lease unto my servant Richard Graven of 
one tenf in Dinckeley in the countie of Lancaster nowe in the occu- 
paoon of the saiede Richard yeldinge the yerelie rente of twentie 
fonre shillings [and] fyve pence my will is that the saied Richard 
G. shall not onelie not paie anie rent to my heires so longe as he 
shall live but that the same lease shall remaine to [his] executours 
paienge therefore then after yerelie the saied rente to [my] heirs &c. 
And if the saied Richard ly ve longer then the yeres expressed in the 
saied lease then I will that [he] shall have the saied mess^ &c. 
hoUie duringe his li£fe w^ut paienge any rente To Edward B. my 
eldest Sonne one standinge pece of silver w*^ a cover whereon is 
graven the armes of Broekhole and the same I will maie remaine to 
the house of Broekhole as an heire lome and notte be taken awaie 
but lefte from heire to heire so longe as it please God that my heires 
male shall contenew ther I will that the saied Gilbt and Edward 
shall deale to everye poore psons cumynge to my buriall one penny 
and to cause the moste onest psons that cometh to dyne to the 
nomber of foure score or theraboutf I will that my executours shall 
distribute ymediatlye after my death fyve m^kes to my powreste 
neightburs aboute my bowses at Whalley and Broekhole and cawse 
them to pray for me Jenet my wiffe Richard Percie Thomas Shir- 
bume esquiers and S' Thomas Holcrofte knight deceased who were 
all my speciall good maisters w*^ whom I served one aft^r another 
duringe their lyves and moste specially for Kinge Henry the Eight 
whose soules God pdon by whom my firste risinge and gaine was 
gotten by byenge and sellinge of landf and other divf bargaines To 
Jenet B. my doughtor the bed w^^ she lyeth in the bedstockf one 



108 LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIBB WILLS. 

painted ohiste and all the good^ and implement^ in the same 
ohamfir and closet beinge hir apell and implement^ Unto Edward 
B. my eldeste sonne and heire all my bedstock^ tables coppbordf 
ehelfff presses formes chistes great arkf and all the glasse and iron 
in the wyndowes that are in my bowses bames stables and owte 
howses at Brockehall and Whalley one brewinge lead and panne 
w<^ standith fiiste in the brewehowse at Whalley and all my waines 
plowes sledf harrowes and all my ime teames yock^ harrowe teyth 
hackf spadf hamers yme orowes ime weighf wymbles tongeC of 
ime and all my ime oheimnes v^ I have at BrockehoUe and 
Whalley exoepte one yme oheimney w** I geve unto Jenet my 
doughter w^ standith in the chappell at Whalley To my godsonne 
John Braddill one ringe of gold tmstinge he will marke the pose 
written on the ringe To my sonne Edward B. all my book^ as well 
statute cronecles as other exoepte one great booke maid by S' 
Thomas More knight w^^ I doe geve to Jenet B. my dowghter To 
my welbeloved cossen John Grombooke one of my beste cloth 
gownes and my beste velvat night capp. To my sonne Edward my 
beste ringe of gold tmstinge fuUie in him that he will be naturall 
good and frendlie to his brother and sisters and not onelye to contend 
w^ them for anie thinge conteyned in my will even for that I have 
taken paines to travell all my lifie even to the daie of my death by 
the helpe of Almightie God to provyde the saied Edward his heires 
and the reste of my children of oneste lyvinge w^^ [I] wold not be 
for gotten but to geve thanckf contenuallie to Almightie God for the 
same And further tmstinge that the saied Edward and John his 
sonne and all their succession will order them selves and their 
lyvinge accordinge as I desired the same lyvinge of Almightie God 
when I had no lyvinge w<* was the first when I haid receyved the 
grace of Almightie God geven to me that I did suppose that I was 
by the sufferance of Almightie Gtod comon to mans estaite and haid 
no lyvinge nor no frend that wold releve me my father beinge alyve 



LANCABHI&E AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 109 

and not well oontente w^^ me for that I was geven to gamynge and 
unthrifte and not willinge to followe his advice w^ wasboith godlye 
and profetable if my chance haide ben to a followed yt and notw^- 
fitandinge I did consider ther was noe helpe soker nor comforth for 
me at no hand to leyne nnto but onelye to call to Almightie God 
whom I eamestlye desired that I might w^ my sore labor and 
paines takinge obtaine and get trulie an oneste lyvinge to mainteyne 
an oneste house wherin I myght bringe upp my wiffe whose soule 
God j^don and children w*^ the rest of my famalie in the lawes of 
Almightie God and that I mighte be my self for a comon welth in 
all thingf that I could justlie doe And that I myghte distribute 
the reste that Almightie God pleased to send me in almes to my 
poore nebours and in this mynd I truste to dey and after this sorte 
I doe chardge Edward my saied sonne and John his sonne and my 
godsonne and their heires to spend such lyvinge as it shall please 
God to send them to be steward^ of after my decease as they and 
e^y one of them will answare me at the dredefuU daie of judgmente 
when we shall all mete affore the heighe judge for the moste pte of 
the landc that I doe leyve unto them was geven and came to me by 
a speciall giftie and sufferance of Almightie God w^ute any deserte 
of me at all by reason of byenge and sellinge of laundf that I bought 
of Einge Henry the Eighte and thereby gaite gaines to the intente 
that I shold distribute to the poore and be my self for a comon welth 
and all my succession likewisse and so I truste Edward and John 
and all the rest wilbe and not to esteme the gaine of this world 
nether in takinge of fynes nor rasinge of rentf for all things in this 
trancitorie world is but vaine and a shorte travell that wee muste 
pas throughe even as the flower springeth in somer and falleth 
awaie in wynter and when wee be deade o' good dedf shall pfett us 
when incumes and rasinge of rentf shall aske vengens afibre 
Almightie God I will that all my tenntf when they paie their 
firste half yeres rentes after my decease to my sonne Edward shall 



110 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

have eTeryo one of them twelve pennoe geven them again for a 
remembrance of the good will I beare unto them trustinge that my 
saied sonne Edward and his heires will use them well upon their 
deserte and good behaviour To everye servant in my howses that 
haith dwelled w* me eyther at Brockehole or at Whalley by the 
space of too yeres twentie shilling^ To the repaoon of Whalley 
churche twentie shilling^ To Maister vicar tenn shilling^ I will 
that Jenet my dawghter shall have too hundreth poundf in consi- 
deraoon of her good service and paines taken in kepinge of my 
house To the repaoon of Langall Ghappell tenne shiUingf everye 
yere to be paied oute of one lease w** I have of Wiftm ffarington 
esquier and Anne his wiffe of the teith comes &c. of Brockehole 
w^ lease I doe geve &o. to Edward B. my sonne and John B. my 
godsonne upon this condioon that they paie owte the said x' yerelye 
at Ghristenmas onelye and se it bestowed yerelie duringe the yeres 
in the saied lease if the saied chappell so longe doe conteynewe and 
have devine service in the same and if it doe not so conteynewe 
then the said Edward and John and their assignes shall bestowe the 
saied tenn shillingC yerelie upon mendinge of the heighe waies in 
Billington betwene the Ghowe Milne and the saied chappell and so 
directlie to Dinckeley Brooke and in other places in Billington or els on 
the pooreste folkc dwellinge in Billington To Gilbte Garrard esquier 
my beste geldinge or meare To Richard Assheton esquier my second 
geldinge or meare To e?y one that I am god father unto twelve 
pennce apece To my servaunte John Ghowe in consideracon of his 
oneste and trewe service done unto me heretofore twentie pounds 
and his geldinge that he uses moste to ryde on w^ the sadell and 
the hamishe belonginge to yt To my deare frend M' Wiftm Gerrard 
of Harrowe esquier fourtie shillingC desiringe him to be good and 
faithfull to my children as he haith ever ben to me and my children 
w*^out any desert of me but onelye my good will To Margerie 
Ghatbume wcdowe my sister to Robt Ghatburne Thomas Ghatbume 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. Ill 

Rob? Ohowe of the Potter Forth [and] Wiftm Blackeburne [each] 
fjye shilling^ to James Holcar of Wiswall twentie shillingC to 
James Holcar of the Crosse Xpofer Robinson the younger of Bar- 
roweforth Xpofer Baldwen [and] John Speyke [each] fy ve shilling^ 
to John Pollard [the] youn§ one silver sponne w^''* is used to remaine 
in my galorye To M" Anne Gerrard one ringe of gold wherein is 
graven Enowe the self desiringe her to be good unto Jenet B. my 
doughter and remembr the word^ graven in the saied ringe as I 
truste she will To the children of John Tempeste of Wiresdale 
twentie poundf in consideracon of [an] award maid by Gilbt 
Gerrard esquier the quenes maitf attorney geSall that I should 
have geven to the saied children sextene pounde and I am con- 
tente that the sextene pound ^ be maied twentie pound^ w^ is 
of my benevolence foure pounde more than the award was I will 
that if any conten&n doe arise for anie pte of this my laste will 
that my moste trustie frendf Gilbt Gerrard' esquier her mait^ 
attorney ge&all and WiHm Gerrard^ of Harrowe esquier shall geve 
judgmente in all such doubte and such judgment as they or eyther 
of them makith I doe by this my awne hand admitte to be my full 
acte and laste will for that I have haid such doings and experiance 
w^^ them boith that I certenlye knowe that they cannot be wrasted 
nor pswaded otherwais then the verie truste they be put in To 
Edward B. my sonne the leases of Orosedale Score Whitehalghe 
Field Crone Mosse all the teithe comes and graines of Chatbume 
and the bame ther and the teyth comes and graines of Whalley 
To John Braddill my god sonne my leaae of all the teyth &c. of 

> Gilbert Gkrard, Bon and heir of James (second son of .William (Gerard of Inoe 
Esq.) hj Margaret, daughter of John Holcroft of Holcrofb, afterwards knighted, 
Attomej-G^eral, and Master of the RoUs to Queen Elizabeth, ancestor of the Lords 
Gerard of Bromley and the Earls of Maoclesfield. He died in 1592-8, haying married 
Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Badcliffe of Winmersley co. Lane. Esq. 

' Brother of Sir Gilbert Gerard. He liyed at Elambords near Harrow on the Hill, 
and married Dorothy, daughter of Mr. Richard Page of Sudbuiy Ck>i2rt, by whom he 
had eight sons and two daughters. 



112 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Twiston and the bame ther Whereas I have a lease of our sove- 
raigne ladye the quenes mai^^® that now ys of too cole pittf thone 
w^in the comon and waiste w^in the towne of Brunley called 
Brodehead and one other cole pitte w^in the towne of Padiham 
w^ lease beareth daite at Westm under the scale of hir heighnes 
Duchie of Lancaster 3 May 19 EUz. I geve &o. my saied lease unto 
Jenet B. my doughter she paienge the anuall renttf And if the 
saied Jenet deceasse a£fore the saied yeres be ended then Edward B. 
my eldeste sonne and heire shall have the saied lease To my 
servante Richard Graven twentie pound^ in consideracon of his good 
service To ffraunc^ Samwell ffourtie shillinges To Thomas Ambrose 
ffourtie shillinges To Bernard Blakey my sonne in lawe and his 
wiffe ffourtie pound(> Whereas I have heretofore by the helpe and 
sufferance of Almightie God geven unto my sonne Bichard B.^ faire 
lannd^ and greate somes of money whereby he is verye honestelye 
preferred and well considered by me gevinge thanckQ to Almightie 
God for the same Soe have I also paied unto my sonne Bernard 
Blackey all his marriege good and also geven unto him divs somes 
of money w^ I thincke well bestowed Notwithstandinge I doe geve 
&c. all the reste of [my] good^ to Bichard B. Jenet B. and Bernard 
Blakey And thus all the world farewell I doe aske all the world 
forgevnes where I have offended any man and all the world I doe 
forgeve frelie Also the principall cause why I doe geve any of my 
goode or leases to Edward B. is for this cawse that I wold have him to 
kepe his children to leminge if it please God to make them apte 
thereunto to thend they maie serve God and the world truly and 
that the saied Edward beinge honestelie lefle to lyve maie the better 
attend to be for a comon welth in place where he maie doe any good 

> Bichard Sraddyll was a lawyer and married Dorothy, daughter and coheir of 
Thomas GatteraU of Mitton Esq. and widow of Bobert, third son of Thomas Sher- 
burne of Stonyhurst ^EBq.—Suffield MS8, See also StanUjf JPapen^ part ii. p. It. 
note 8. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 118 

to the poore and nedye and to conteynewe in praye[r] to Almightie 
Ood To John Ohowe all my appell not bequethed excepte my beste 
garded gownes w^** I doe geve to Edward B. I make ray moste 
tmstieand welbeloved Richard Assheton and Wittm Gerrard eequiers 
and John Orombrocke gentilman suprovisore of this my laste will 
trustinge they will se yt pformed as I wold have done for any of 
them if yt haid pleased God to have called for them as he haith 
nowe done for me and that my children maie quietlye agree to 
gether In witnes &c. [no witnesses.] 



THE WILL OF HENY BYROM OF SALFORD, 
MERCHANT.! 



IN the name of God amen 4 August 1 558 I Henry Byrom of 
Salforde in the countie of Lancaster marchante somthinge 
deceased and troubled &c. My bodie to be buryed in the parrishe 
churche of Maunchestre or ells wheare yt shall please GtxL in suche 
sorte and maner as shalbe to the glory of God nere unto my father 
and mother My goodes and cattells shalbe devyded into thre ptf 
one parte unto my selffe one other parte unto my poore children and 
the thridd and laste parte unto my wiffe (according to the lawes of 
this realme) After my dettQ payd &c. I geve the rest of my parte 
of goodes unto too of my sonnes Robart B. and Laurens B. equally 
to be devydet betwixte theme Unto my eldest sonne Robart Byrom 
the bowse or mancyon place wherein I now dwell w*^ all landes &c. 

' ProTcd December 14, 1658. Henry Byrom, Bon of Adam Byrom of Salford 
merchant, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Beck of Manchester, by whom he had 
(with a daughter Isabel) two sons, — Robert, who dying without issue was buried at 
the Collegiate Church May 6th, 1586 ; and Laurence (buried June 26th, 1598), 
ancestor of the Byroms of Manchester. 

II. Q 



114 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

to the same belonging that ys to saye the burgages in the holding of 
the wiff of Wittm Eadclyff John Bobynson Robart Merehall Wiftm 
Bucke and other too bowses or bowse stedes standing nere unto 
Aspe Crofte Yate in Salforde and all landes and tenement^ as are 
now in the holding^ of Robart Pendelton and the wiflf of Perys 
Massie ats Perkyn M. together w^ a peell of grounde in Salforde in 
the Myddlefilde there To have &c. to the said Bobart B. my sonne 
and to his heirs male &c. [remainder] to Laurens B. my sonne and 
to my right heirs for everr Unto my sonne Laurens B. all the landes 
&o. in Mannchester w«*^ I latelie bought of Wiltm Strangways gent, 
and of EaufF BadcIyfF gent, late of Salford deceased To have &c. 
[remainder to the said Robert B. and the right heirs of the testa- 
tor] Unto the poore people xij pecf of gray rugge to be geven by 
my executours for the wealthe of my sawle Unto George Holte and 
Edmounde Holte and to eyther of theme iij" iiij^ Unto John Est- 
woode XX" Unto my cosin Rauff Browne xl" Unto my ffrende 
John Gloverr xl» Unto vj psons who shall cary my corps to the 
churche every of theme yj' viij<^ Also that sixe poore men torche 
bearers shall have every of theme a blacke rugge gowne To my too 
meydes Merget Mershall and Mergaret Browne and to eyther of 
theme vj» viij^ To my sonne Robart B. my silver salte I will that 
John Estwoode shall have the bowse and gardyn whiche he now 
dwellethe in during the lease w^^ I bought of one Bradshay then 
tenante to the same bowse payinge yerely the rent accustomed 
Also that yf any of my children die afore thaie come to lawfuU age 
then the goodes of theme so deceased to be equallie devydet emongest 
the rest of my children then lyvynge Also that Mary my wiffe shall 
have the bringing upp and kepinge of my children withe thair 
%lyall por66ns she makinge unto my overseers a wrytyng having all 
my childrens poroons of goodes wryten in the same And also having 
a cedule thereunto annexed yerely to be wryten in the same cedule 
the pfettt of my landes &c. to my heirs dewe whereof one of the said 



LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIBB WILLS. 115 

billf to remayne w^ my wiffe thother withe my too overseers And 
if my said wiffe mary or die as God defende afore my children come 
to lawful! age then Adam Byrom my loving brother shall have the 
bringing upp of my children and make the said billis of accompte 
in the same manerr that the said Mary my wiff shulde Also I 
straightlye charge and comaunde my loving wiff and in case afor- 
said my brother Adam to see my children brought upp in the feyre 
of Grod vertue good maners and learnynge and that thaye so brought 
upp in leamyng to beare pte of the chargf uppon their severall 
fylyall part^ of goodes and pte to be borne of the encrease of thair 
filiall ptC yerelie growing of the same yf God of his infynyte goodnes 
so sende and provyde I make Mary my wiffe Adam B. my bro- 
ther and Thomas Birche gent, my executors Unto Thomas Byrche 
aforsaid gent, yf he survy ve me and take paynes in this my will iiij^^ 
Itm I shall requyre and most hartelie desire my loving kinsman 
Banff Browne and my lovyng firende John Gloverr aforesaid to be 
supvysours These being wytnes Banff Browne John Gloverr and 
John Estwoode withe others. 

Hec sunt debiS que ego debeo In p'mis to my brother Adam 
Byrom Ij^ To Bobart Mershall for the perchinge of xxjx peses of 
rugge jx^ \uj^ whereof v are in the handes and custodie of Bobarte 
Mershall aforsaid. 

Hec sunt debi{ q mihi deb ... In p'mis of Bauff Pendilton . . . 
Km of Aleiander Wilde ij« whereof I forgeve theme the same to 
praye for me. 



116 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OP JOHN BYROM OP BYROM ESQ. 



IN the name &;o. 13 May 1692 I John Birom of Birom My 
bodie to bee buried in mine auncestors buriall in the parish 
church yard of Winwicke All my goodf shalbee devided into three 
ptf whereof one third pte shalbee to my self another to Mildred my 
wieff and the third to my children Henry and Elizabeth equallie 
betweene them To Anne Birom w«^ is at Henrie Dunsters howse 
xx^' to bee paied w*^in one whole yeare after my decease to the 
handf of John Ownsworth and Richard Arowsmith and bie them 
tooe to bee put furth to her best use To John Birom sonne of Henrie 
my Sonne one bowie of silver w«** I now have and use To Anne 
Damporte doughter of Thomas D. xx^^ under this condition that 
shee shall first make a release to my self and my hoires concerninge 
the landf bie mee purchased of the saied Thomas D.^ and the saied 
xx^ to bee paied w*^in one yeare after my decease yf the saied con- 
dition bee observed and otherwise not att all I geve x» towardf the 
repation and amendinge of the way in the lane betweene Westley 
Milles and the house of Laurance Twisse neare Leigh To all my 
servingmen and yomen as well reteiners as of howsehold everie of 
them vj» viij^ To my workemen servantf and maide servantf evie 
of them V" To evie one of my sonnes children (excepte John) a 
cowstirke worth xx" a peece To my cossins the right wors^ Mr. 
Bold of Bold and Mr. George Ireland of the Hutt and to John his 

' ProTed by Henrie Byrom of Westleighe July 25, 1593. John, Bon of Henry 
Byrom of Byrom Esq., by Elisabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Bold of Bold Knight, 
married and left issue Henry his son and heir aged 30, 1593, and Elizabeth, wife of 
Robert Hindley of Hindley Gent. 

' The testator in 5 Elizabeth purchased from Thomas Bayenport a messuage 
called Davenport's, which was sold May 15th, 1641, by his great grandson John 
Byrom Esq., slain at the battle of Keynton in 1642. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 117 

Sonne and to Mildred Saunderson my wives daughter evie of them a 
ringe of gold of the valew of x» for a remembrance To Mildred my 
wief my best silver salte and one horse or geldinge called Hodame 
and one other called Hixwell To Mildred Bradley one cowstirke of 
the valew of xx» I geve twentie windles of barlie to bee bestowed 
nppon my poore neighbors bie my said sonne and wief To my sonne 
Henrie my three gownes my satten dublett my velvett dublett and 
my hose of velvett I make Henry my sonne my executor and my 
afibrsaied cozins the right wor^ Mr. Bichard Bold and Mr. George 

Ireland supvisurs and ovseers Debtf owinge to mee Imp'mis 

Wood bie obligation iij^* x" Item John Tailer x" Km John Soth- 
worth viij" Debtf that I owe Imp^mis to my brother Henrie 

xxxvijli X* Item to my servant Willianj iij^^ vj" viij* Ifm 

to Willia Heypey xxix" Km to John Hindley iij" viij^ Km to 

Ownesworth xvj» Km to M"« Margaret Manley iij^^ vj» 

viij^ Km to Margaret x» Km to James Crompton Cxiij" 

iiij^ I?m to James Crofte Ij* Km to Robte Ifm to o' 

Ma^* for the subsedie xxvij^ John Birom to the makinge 

and ensealinge hereof Gilbert Ireland Bobte Whardle p me 

istius scriptore. 

In the inventory, which contains nothing interesting, the testator 
is idescribed as " John Byrome late of Byrome esquier.**' The sum 
total was ^259 18s. 8d. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD BYROM OF MIDDLETON 
IN WINWIOK PARISH GENTLEMAN.^ 



IN the name &c. the firste day of December 1590 witnesseth that 
I Richard Byrom of Myddleton in the pishe of Wynwicke gen- 

* Proved July 81, 1591. Richard, younger brofcher of John Byrom of Byrom Esq. 
See p. 116. 



118 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

tleman beinge sicke of bodie &c. doe make this my last will &c. My 
bodie to be buried at my pish charch of Wynwicke And for such 
goods as God hath given me thuse and custodie of first my debtf 
shalbe paid and the rest to be devided into two ptes vizt one pte for 
my selfe and thother for my wife To my nephew Mr. Henrie Byrom 
my great crosse bowe and the racke w^ the arrowes belonginge 
to the same To John Fraunce my fustian dublet and one paire of 
stocking^ To Nicholas Whitell my best breeches To Mathew 
Banker my sleveles jerkin and my frice jerkin To my cosen William 
Byrom my best blacke jerkin To Thomas Dampford my bowe and 
arrowes To William Mather my old servant one paire of shoes To 
Willia Twisse one paire of shoes To John Goulden one crosse 
bowe lathe and one gouse To Hughe Anskowe x> w<^ he doth owe 
me And the rest of my pte I give to Elizabeth my wife and I make 
my executors Elizabeth my wife and John Golden And I require 
the right worshipfuU S' John Sothworth Knight John Byrom 
esquire my brother and Henrie my nephew to be over seers Debtf 
that I doe owe Imprimis to Thomas Dowdson for one yoke of oxen 
vij^^ x^ lim to the said Thomas iiij^ viij^ Km to William Lawton 
xl" Km to Thomas Bate for John Aston xij» viij^ Ifm to the wife 
of James Wright xx" I?m to Isabell the wife of Henry Twisse x» 
Km to Willis Byrom for all reckoning^ betwene him and me vjii 
Hm to Elen Mather iij^ H to M^garet Hilton for one halfe yeares 
wages yj" Hm to William Whittell lende money iij^ ij» vj^ Debtf 
owinge to me the said Richard Byrom Impr M' Henrie my 
nephew by bills dated the x^ day of May last [the following sums 
of money] vji^ liij» yj^ xl» Item M' John Culcheth the yon§ by an 
obligacon w«** is in the keeping of WilliS Stanaught yj^ Km litle 
Gilbert Ownsworth yj» viij* Km Bobte Whittell of Abrame xiiij" 
I{m Thomas Bisley iiij" Km the said Thomas for a locke xij^ I^m 
the said Thomas for a chest ij" In the presence of Henrie Sowth- 
worth John Garrard William Twisse Nicholas Whittell Mathew 
Barker w*^ others. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 119 



THE WILL OF ROBERT BRUEN OF STAPLEFORD 

GENT.i 



IN the name &o, 27 July 1587 I Robert Bruen brother to John 
B. late of Stapleford in the countie of Chester esquier decessed 
&c. Mj bodie to be buried in the churohe or chauncell in Tervin, 
and if hit please my nephew Mr. John Bruen to lycence my bodye 
to lye in hys chappell I geve towards the reparacon thereof xiij" iiij* 
To my nephew John Bruen esquier* and to my neice his wyffe my 
sealinge ringe of gowld To my sister Marie Bruen my howpe ringe 
of gowld To my brother James B. and to my neice Ane B. one obli- 
gation that John Phillip of Oreat Barrowe and Oeorge Woodward 
of the same towne be bounden in my brother James B. to have it for 
his lyfe and after his deathe to remayne to my neice Ane B. To 
my brother James B. my cloake To my neice Ane B. one greene. 
Bcarfe of taffata To my neice and god daughter Marie B. ten pounds 
the w^ Henrie Post owethe me To my neice Elizabeth B. x^ that 
William Rogerson of Chester owethe me To my neice Margaret B. 
and to her sister Eateren B. vij^ xiiij" x^ that Henrie Post owethe 
me To my nephewes Oeorge B. William B. and Robert B. xl* that 
Thomas Bylden of Chester and Jane his wyfe owe unto me To 
Thomas Bruen of the Gleg Yate my fryse gowne my best jerkin 
and breeches and my dropper or hanger and my dublet of whyte 
rashe To Raphe Bruen my best payre of neyther stocky of carna- 
tion colour To Richard Turner my gerkin of silver colour and 
breeches of the same and my dublet of Normandy canvas To 

* Proved Korember 14, 1587. Boberfe, sixth son of John Braen of Bruen Staple- 
lord Esq., by Mary, daughter of Otley of Otley oo. Salop. — Ormerod, yoL 

ii, p. 176. In the inyentory he is described as Bobert Bruen late of Stapleford gen- 
tleman. 

' See AmmMwCs Jaumaly p. xr. 



120 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Bichard Mekin my fryse jerkin and breeches To Nicholas Wylde 
my jerkin and breeches of the same cloathe that Raphe Bruen his 
cloake w^^ I gave him is of and my dublet of doe skinnes leather To 
Baphe Annyon my blew neyther stocke and my best hatt To Ales 
Fisher my greene scarffe of sylke To Wyddowe Annyon my best 
payre of sheetes and a shirte To Ellen Annyon a yard of my new 
cloathe I bought for shirtes and one of my three coffers To Robert 
Gotgreve my thrummed hat and one payre of neyther stockf To 
Lawrance Ridgewaye the cooke and to everie of the maydes in the 
howse xij^ I ordayne my worshipfull sister in law Doritie Bruen 
and my sister Marie Bruen my executors unto whom I geve all the 
rest of my goodf In witnes &c. James Bruyne George Bowen 
Thomas Bruen William Newport Robert Gotgreve. 



THE INVENTORY OP SIR THOMAS BUTLER 
OF BEWSEY KNT.i 



THE Inventory indented of all the goodf rightC chattellf and 
dettf of S' Thome's Butler late of Bewsey in the countie of 
Lane. Enyght decessed wiche are come to the handes and pos- 
sessyon of Dame Anne Butler wedowe late wyff of the sayd S' 
Thome's and Elizabeth Butler douglit' of the same S' Thome's ad- 
minis? of all the sayd goodf and chattallf the daye of exhibitynge of 
this invent w«^ were praysed by George Smyth Henry Fowden 
Wiihn Pendleton and Hugh Pylkynton at the instance of the sayd 
admynys? the xxijth daye of October Anno R. R. nre Elizabeth 

^ Sir Thomas Butler of Bewsej Knt. descended from WilUam le Boteler (liying in 
the time of Henry III.) married Elleanor, daughter of John Huddleston of Sampton, 
00. Oamb., Esq., bj whom he had, besides two daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, an 
only son Edward Butler, the last heir male of this antient family. — Si^leld M8S, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 121 

yicesimo primo 1579 the apparell and juelles of the sayd Dame 
Anne excepted and to her pper use allwajes savyd. 

Gorne and haye Implnjs xvj acurre of barly xxix^ v" — viij acnre 
of oates jx^ ij» yj^ — ij bayes of haye in Sonkye berne and one other 
baye in the oxhowse ende vj^ Sm" xliiiji* vij» vj^ Shepe and calves 
XXXV shepe v^ x» x^ — xv calves vj^^ Sm" xj^ x" x^ Swyne xiij of 
the beste at xj" the pese vij^ iij" — xx of the secunde sorte vjii xiij" 
iiij^ — the thredd sorte xxj spedyngf at iij" iiij^ the pese iij^ vj« viij* 
Sna* xvij^ iij" Horses one nagge callyd dun Davy iij^ — one hobye 
color baye iij^ — one geldyng callyd graye Norres v^ — one other 
callyd blacke baye v^ xiij" iiij* — one roned geldyng iiij^ xiij« iiij* — 
one geldyng callyd baye Holcrofte iiiji* xiij» iiij* — another caUyd 
bald Grofte iij^ x» — the whyte fete mare xl" — a lyttle blacke mare 
XX" — one baye mare for his owne saddle liij" iiij* — a sorelled mare 
iij^ xiij" iiijd — the bygge blacke mare liij" iiij* — -a geldyng callyd 
whyte Holcrofte v^ — the yonge dun geldy nge v^ — a geldyng callyd 
baye Worsley 1" — another callyd whyte Dutton 1« — one other callyd 
sorellyd Doncast iij^ vj» viij* — a baye curtail nagg xl" — a nagge callyd 
Blackeberde xliij* iiij* — the pyed colte vj^^ x» — a graye mare iiij^ — - 
the two mylne horses xlvj" viij* Sm' Ixxvji^ xvj' viij* Plate and 
juellf one bassen and ewer sylver graven weying Ixj onz, xviij^* vj» — 
a nest of tunes sylver w*^ a cover weying lij onz. xv^ iij" iiij* — one 
salte sylver w*^ a cover weying xvj onz. et di iiij^ viij" — one dosen 
spones sylver weying xvj onze iij^ viij" — one cristall crosse not 
valued Sm" xlj^^ v" iiij* Eles and chese certen salte eles vj" viij* — 
XX dry cheses xvj" viij* Sm* xxiij" iiij* Lynnyns one tabuU cloth 
damaske worke x" — a towell of the same worke iij" iiij* — xij tabull 
napkyns of lyke worke vj" — v cubburde clothes v" — iij flaxen towels 
TJ" — iiij flaxen pilowe beres iij" — xiiij payre flaxen shetes Iv" — ij 
long flaxen towellf xviij* — xvij olde flaxen tabull napkyns ij" iiij* — 
one £9[axen tabull clothe iij" iiij* — an olde dyapur tabull clothe viij* 
— iij course canvas tabull clothes iiij" — vj cupburde clothes flaxen 

II. R 



122 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

ija yjd — viij payre canvas shetes xyj» Snf v*' xviij* viij<* Beddyngp 
hanging beddstiddf queshynnes woU taball stoles biirdf and ladder 
ij quilted co9yngf xvj" — iiij wollen blankettf frysed jx" iiij* — ij 
other olde wollen blankettf ij» — xij coverlettf iij^xij" — iiij other 
olde covlettf x" — iJij bolsters xvj^ — vj other course co9lettf xx« — 
X other olde course co9lettf x» — vij other olde blankettf yj" — ij 
bolsters iiij» — iiij mattrasses xiij» iiij^ — ij olde carpettf thoB for a 
tabull thother for a cupburd ij» viij* — one joyned bedstid w**' curtens 
of blew tafiata iij^* — the hangyngf of domyx of three chambers with 
ij cupburd clothes and iiij curtanes for a bedd all of dornyx vj'^ jx» — 
a paynted cloth in the hall ▼• — ij other joyned beddstiddf xx* — 
ij queshynnes xij^ — iij stone woU xxiiij* — v sawed burdes viij^ — 
a ladder iij" — viij stoles ij» iiij^ — ij cheres xyj* — one scare [sic] 
tabull in the plar v" Snrf xxji* xij" viij^ Brasse pewter and insture 
goodf in the kechyn brewhowse dey howse and buttre one brasse 
pan weying xiji^ viij" — ij lyttle brasse pottf weying xj*^ v" — ij 
long gowbardf vj» viij^ — ij drepyng pannes vj" viij* — one frying 
pan xx^ — ij dosen and x platers vj potyn^s xx small dysshes xvj 
sawsers weying vj score pounde iij^ — ij broches xvj*— one grydd- 
yron viij^ — iij pewter chambpottf ij" — iiij pewter candlestickes 
iiij" — xiiij pewter plates iij" iiij^ — one bassen and ewer pewter 
iij" iiij<i — ij pewter Cannes or flagannes vj" viij* — one brasse pan in 
the dey howse xviij" — v olde eshynnes xx* — iiij stone mugges viij* 
— j chume iij chesfurthes one commbe and ij tre platters xx* — 
one brewyng leade in the brewhowse xxvj" viij* Snf viji* xviij" 
Apparell and crosse bowe one payre shorte velvett howse vj" — - One 
sattyn dowblett x"— a taffate dowblett w^howt sieves v" — one 
payre long velvett breches xxvj" viij* — a rydyng doke lynyd w* 
unshome velvett 1" — a garded cloth doke w* sieves xxvj" viij* — a 
Spannysshe lether jerkyn vj" viij* — a long gowne of sylke grogram 
xxxiij" iiij* — an other long gowne wrought velvett vj^* xiij" iiij* — a 
velvett cloke lyned w**> buckrS Iiij" iiij* — a shorte fiirred chainlett 



LAMCASHIEB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 123 

gowne xxxiij" iiij* — an olde blew rydyng cloke yf viij* -^ a pajre 
of bootf ij» — a crosse bowe w*'* the keper ,v" — one other taffate 
dowblett iiij" Snf xx^^ ij> Waynes ploughes and other hosbandry 
stuff with turffe and cole -y olde waynes xx> — yj draught yowkes 
iiij cheynes w*** ij payre weldes xvj' — ij cuttyng axes one hachett 
iij spades one hacke one byll two negers and one chesell iij' vj^ — 
iij baye of dep turves v^^ x"— vj lode cole vj* viij'^ Sin* vij^ xyj" y* 
Sm to? cclv^* xiiij* ij^. 

Supra diet mventoriu exibitu fuit et est sub ptestaooe de addend 
et corrigend. 

The inventory of all the rest of the goodf chattallf dett^ plate 
and jnellf of the w^hin named S' Thonf s Butler wiohe at the tyme 
of exybytyne hereof were come to the knoledge of the sayd ad- 
ministf and are firom them deteyned by Edwarde Butler esquyer 
and others whom the sayd admynistf have in sute for the same. 

Inp'mys the lease of the psonage or rectory of Weryngtone with 
all the tythes and pffittes thereunto belongynge for many yeres yett 

induryng all the tythes of come and haye of the same psonage 

in this last yere viz. Anno Bf Elizabeth vicesimo primo 

sertene olde come remaynynge in Burtonwodd heme at the death 
of the sayd S^ Thomas estemed to x\^ — serten olde corne lykewyse 
in the sayd psonage. at the death of the sayd S' Thom"s estemed to 
xiiij^ — iiij baye of hay at Bewsey detened allso and esteymed to 
jx^ x» —one baye [of] haye in the psonage heme deteyned and 
estemed to vj^ — ij stackes hey in Bewsey pke deteyned and estemed 
to 1* — the lease of a obantre in Weryngtone callyd Butlers chantre 

,...Cattell praysed by the within named praysers the daye w^Hn 

specyfyed and deteyned as is afforesayd xxiiij kyne with ij buUes 
xl^ — vj of the best 03^en xviij^^ — other vj oxen xiij^^ x* — viij stures 
of iij yere olde xij^ xiij» iiij* — xiij twynter heffers xvj^ iiij" — viij 
other twynters vj^i viij* — xiiij styrkes viij^i iiij» — one lyttle odd 
styrke xij" Husbandry stuff w*^ sawed burdes tymber fallen in the 



124 LANCASHIBE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

pke and olde tymber lykewjse deteyned as is afforesayd iij payre 
[of] plough irons estemed to iij" iiij^ — v hassyng (or hussyng) 
spades lykewyse estemed to iij" — one payre [of] wheales shodd w* 
iron estemed to xx* — serten sawed burdf in the close lefte w*** a 
grett nomber more in the porter his lodge estemed to xxxiiij" iiij^ 

— xj score and xj tymber treis fallen in the pke estemed to W^ — 
olde tymber lying in the courte at Bewsey and abowt the howse 
liij" iiij^ Lynnyns with bookf clocke and bell lykewyse deteyned 
as is afforesayd viij payre [of] flaxen shetes estemed to iij** — vj 
chamb towellf estemed to x" — one Englysshe bybuU w*** other 
bookes estemed to iiij^ — the clocke and bell estemed to iiij^ Bed- 
dyng hanging^ carpettf cupburd clothes pictures tabuUes cheres 
stoles lykewyse deteyned and estemed as folayth pticulerly xxij 
fietherbeddf estemed to xx^* — xx bolsters estemed to xl" — v 
blankett^ new stuff to liij" iiij^ — a grene sylke quylted covyngxxvj* 

— a lyn quilted covyng to x" — iij oo9lettf to xx" — one fflocke bedd 
or mattres to tj" viij^ — vj peloys to xij" — one test' sylke for a 
bedd w*** iij curtens moccadowe in S' Thom"s chamber to xxv» — 

the picture of Grist in the same chamber the queues maiesties 

picture iii« iiij^ — one long tabuU in the plor to yj" viij^ — iij joyned 
stoles there to iij" — ij cheres there to xij<* — a payre [of] playng 
tabullf to xvj<* — one carpett for a tabuU and one for the cupburde 
in the plor to vij" — a scare joyned tabull in the stonde in the pke 
to iij" iiij^ — ij trocull bedstiddf to ij" Saddles brydles colors 
horse clothes lytter w* lytter saddles beaste hydf raw and tanned 
dereskynnes dressed and undressed with glasse and sealinge deteyned 
as is afforesayd one horse lytter w^^ saddles and theire appurtynaces 

vij or viij rydyng saddles w^ theire brydles and saddle 

clothes colers and horse clothes to the same vij tanned cow- 

hydf the kye hydf kylled at the buryall dere skynnea 

dressed certen undressed all the glasse and sealynge at 

Bewsey Brasse pewter kechyn stuffe and other instare [or 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 125 

insture] in the kechyn brewhowse boltyng howse dey howse and 
chese chamber deteyned as is afForesayd and estemed as aft' apperyth 
Kechy iiij brasse pannes estemed to i\j^ — iiij brasse pottf to liij" 
iiij^ — one brasse cawdron to viij" — one leade cawdron yj" viij^ — 
a drepyng panne ij" yj^ — one frying pann to xvj* — one payre [of] 
rackes to v« — two chafing dysshes to iij" — one grydyron to xij* — 
one morter and pestell to yj» viij^ — one long brandreth to x" — ij 
pewter platters to ij" viij^ — iiij small pewter dysshes to ij" — vij 
broches to x' — ij choppyng knyves to viij* — a mynsyng knyff to 
yj'* — a dresser knyff to rj* Dey howse a lyttle brandreth in the 
dey howse to xij^ — a payre [of] fyry tonges to \j^ — yj mylke 
leadf sett in frame to xx" — xiiij stone mugges ij* vj^ — xl hard and 
dry cheses xxx» iiij^ Boltynge howse ij barrells and two syffes in 
the boltyng howse to viij^ — iiij turnellc or tubbis to x* — iij emptye 
hoggesheaddf in the chese chamber if vj^— iiij commbes xx» — one 
make arke to ij" vj** A cheiste in the yeylyng house x^ — a bultyng 
tubbe and a syftyng tubbe xij^ — a greatt bre wyng leade to xxx" iiij^ 
— ij cowple di olde lyngf [?] to xvj" viij^. Plate and butre stuffe 
w*^ glasses stillatory and bedd pann lykewyse deteyned as afforesayd 

and estemed as hereaff folayth ij holies w^^ one cov sylver iij 

other sylver boUes one other lyttle sylver boll a sylver 

cup w*^ a broken cov one sylver salte gilde a stone pott 

gamysshed w*^ sylvand gilde vij brasse candlestickes estemed 

to jx" iiij^ — iij bassens with ewers to xiij* iiij^i — ij pewter voyders 
to vj» — a case of tabull knyffes to iij" — ij lether jackes to viij^ — 

xj drynkyng glasses v» — ij tyn bottellf viij watter glasses 

X stonndes and barrellc xxv" — one stillatory to v» — a 

chafiyng pann for a bedd to iij" iiij^ — a sylver toth pyke to xvjd 
Apparell arm' wepons gunes copis vestymentf tronkes cowfers 
badges and close stole deteyned as is afforesayd one payre [of] 

blacke Jersey stockyngf a sattyn dowblett a whyte 

canvas dowblett a syde cloth gowne a taffate hatt 



126 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

a blacke felt hatt iij larg velvett cappC ij other velyett 

cappf of a lesser sorte yj shurtes ij bagges thoii of spruse 

thother chamlett ».viij vestment^ ij cowpes of velvett and sylke 

fayre ymbrodered ij peases of testore and hangyngC of velvett 

and sylke iij corselettf and tbeire furiayture xiiij cotes 

of plate viij or jx calevers one case [of] pystolles 

a case [of] dagges iij hengers or skeynes iij buokelers 

one drom xxj badges sylver a closse stole coved 

w^'^lether ij tronkf and ij tronke cowfers bonde w**» plate 

V or vj other chestC or cowfers Dettf specyalties w*^ money 

Bwannes wax bony and blacke brydd lykewyse deteyned as is afibre- 
sayd one obligacon for xl^ due by Richard Eaton and James M^bury 
jl^ — money that was in S' Thom"s purse at his death abowt yj^* — 

Sten [certain] mylned vj^ in an other puree to the valure of. 

one Adam Egge by his byll deteyned by the sayd M' Butler x^^ — ij 

payre [of] swannes the bony and wax of certen hyves 

a blacke brydd and her cage bought by S' Thome's in London 

one Wooton of London due by his byll when he is of abylytie 

to paye the same xx^« 

Sup^'dic^ invent exhibitu fuit et est sub ptestacoe de addend et 
corrigend. 



THE WILL OP EIOHARD BRADSHAW, 
SERVANT AT ARMS.i 



IN the name &;c. 3 Sept. ] 592 I Richard Bradsliaw servante 
at armes beinge &c. my body to Xpian buriall at [the] dis- 

^ FroTod llth January, 1692-3. Biohard Bradaliaigli, Befgeant-at-arms to Qaeen 
Eluabeth, was a younger son of Roger Bradflhaig h of Haigh co. Lauc. Esq. 
This &mily is now represented by the Earl of Crawford and Baloarres of Haigh Hall, 
near Wigan. 



LANCASHIRE AN0 CHE8H1BB WILLS. 127 

creacon of my frends And as touchinge my goodf my will is 
that my executor here after named and my bretheren Thomas and 
Wilim Bradshagh shall have all such landf &c. in Hagh in the 
county of Lancaster as I heretofore had of the demise of Roger 
Bradshagh my father duringe the continuance of the lease and that 
Alexander Standish of Standish gentleman shall assure unto my sayd 
exec and the sayd Thomas and Wilhn B. the lease therof and all 
his right and interest therin To my nephew^ Bic Oravend esquier 
one watch or clocke of silver To my neece Gravend now wief of 
the sayd Bic one looking glasse To my sister Anne Badcliff one 
peece of gold now in my deske to the value of vj" w^ is called a pis- 
tole and late was my mothers To my brother Wilhn B. a gold 
ringe now one my finger To M' Maynond^ one picture of the ould 
lord keeper^ To my brother Thomas B. all my apparell at London 
w*^ my rapier and dagger there one cover one chist one trunke and my 
bed w^ all furniture therunto beelonginge To my sister EUin^ all the 
linnen in my trunke at Eirkeleys To Bic Standish my boy to bee 
payd unto him at thend of five years next after my discease the some 
of v^ Ihn wheras ther is in my deske at London one bound of the 
some of one hundreth and fifty poundf for payment of a hundreth 
pounds I give unto Eatherin and Jane Bradshagh daughters of 
James B. deceased fibrescore and ten poundf therof and unto Edward 
Bigby esquier ten poundtf to bee payd at such tyme as the same 
shalbee due and the rest of all my goodf I geeve &c. unto my 
welbeloved brother Edward B. my sole executor These are the 
debtQ which I doe owe Imprimis to the executors of Xpofer Anderton 
esquier vj^ xiij» iiij^ — to M' Gilbart Wakringe xl» — to M' Chi- 

^ Bioliard, son and heir of Thomas Ghroflrenor of Eaton Esq. by Anne, sister of the 
testator (afterwards wife of William Badclyffe Esq.), direct anoestor of the present 
Marquis of Westminster. 

' Qn. Maynard. 

* Sir Kicholas Baoon, lord keeper 1658-9, ob. 1678-9. 

* Ellen, wife of Balph Houghton of Khrklees gent. 



128 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

dioughe Warder xl^ — to M" Margaret Whitney widowe the xxj*** 
of November next comming vj^^ xiij* iiij^ — I?m to the sayd M^ 
Margarett Whitney to bee payd unto her at evy xxj*^ day of Novem- 
ber next after the sayd xxj^^ day of November during the space of 
foure yeares now next ensuinge vj^ xiij* iiij^ a yeare untill the sayd 
some of xxvj'i ^\\ja iijjd bee fully payd To my brother Edward B. 
viiji^ To Richard Sallam and one Jackson for makinge apparell 

These are the debt^ whiche bee owing unto mee Imp' of 

M' Thomas Dutton of Bickershagh w<^ I lente to his wief the some 
of viji^ V* These be witnesses hereof Ed. Rigby Signu x Doro- 
thee Rigby John Baley. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS BIRCH OF HINDLEY 
BIRCH GENT.i 



IN the name &c. 28 Sept. 1595 I Thomas Birche of Hindley 
Birche in the pishe of Manchester and in the countie of Lan- 
caster gent. &c. ffirste I comend my soule &c. and my bodie I 
comitt to buriall to bee buried w^in the churche in Manchester in 
the chapell called Jesus chappell Item my ffunerall expences shal- 
bee discharged of my whole goodf that done it is my will that my 
goodf then shalbee equallie devided into iij parts wheirof one parte 
I give to An my wife accordinge to the custome of the countrie an 

^ Proved lOfch February, 1695-6. Thomas, son and heir of George Birch of Birch 
Hall gent, by Marlon, daughter of Thomas Beck of Manchester, married first, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Thomas Ohetham of Nuthurst Esq. (marriage covenant dated 16th 
April 2 Edw. YI.) and secondly, Anne, whose surname is unknown. His younger 
brother, William Birch, was warden of the Ck>llegiate Church, Manchester, in the 
time of Queen Elisabeth. The testator was buried there 14th October, 1695. 



IiANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 129 

other parte I give unto my twoe sones Bobarte B.^ and William 
B. mj yongeste sone the iij and laste parte I give unto William my 
yongeste sone excepte such legasyes as I shall give heiraflter to bee 
taken out of the iij parte for hee hath been broughte upe w^ litle 
charges in comparisone of my other children for my twoe doughters 
Alls and Jenet have had a hundreth markes ether of them and 
more in money and other stuffe It is my will that the some of v^^ 
yearly bee taken forth of the Wood Enowle and the Broad Meadowe 
for the space of x yeares wheirof it is my will that v noables a yeare 
duringe the space of foure yeares nexte after my decease bee payed 
to the feoffees of Manchester Scheie and the reste of the some of v 
pound duringe the tearme aforesayed to remaine only to my sone 
William B. but if William B. my sone his parte doe amounte to 
the some of a hundereth pounds then it is my voll that Wilham my 
sone shall have but the one halfe of the v pound yearelye duringe 
the tearme of x years aforesayed Item that George my sone and 
his heyres at any time heirafter if it please them maye redeeme the 
some of y^ the yeares aforesayed Item whearas the wife of James 
Holand hath a bill of myne of vij^^ or theirabout and hath not de- 
livered it backe againe unto mee I payed the same money to hir 
when I receaved the money of hir that came from Walshoat of 
London Item whearas I have been at coastf and charges for 
Edmond Piatt and the landf belonginge unto him theirfore it is my 
will that William my sone shall have the rule and governement of 
his landc for that he is garden [guardian] to him by lawe Item 
that Oeorge and William my sones shall keepe Edmond Plat to 
leaminge see longe as the shall thinke good It is my will that 
George my sone accordinge to his promise doe quietly permit my 
wife to have twoe parlers or other conveniente places to her use if 
shee meane to continew heare and keepe hir heare unmaried If any 

^ Robert Bii^h, fellow of the Collegiate Clrnrob, Manohester, buried there 12th 
April, 1009. 

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130 LANCASHiaE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

treble er centreversie happen to arise betweene my wife and chel- 
dren or any of them I desyre yo'^ my trustie frendf Mr. Bobarte 
Hulme of Bedishe my nephew Mr. James Cheethame William 
Brownehill and Raphe Houghton or some twoe of yo^ to doe y(^ 
beste indevoure to make peace and quietnes amongste them I give 
to George my sone and his heyres theise heirelomes foUowinge as 
the weare lefte to raee the great gamer in the bame the great steepe 
keer the yrans in the halle that came from Darrame the silver salte 
the stone troughe in the kitchin the one halfe of the hames and 
weapons in the house To Alis and Jenet my doughters eyther of 
them a stirke To foure of George my sone his children the white 
heapher To Jhon Whelwrighte my blew coate and lether doblet 
worste hyer end^ of hoase a shirte and a hat To Henry Wilkensone 
my better frize coate To George Houlme Adam Hyale Edward 
Teliare George Psivall Arnold Blomeley Jenet Hyndsone [and] 
Margret Wilsone [each] iij" iiij^ To Elizabeth Psevall a cowe or els 
xl* To Bichard Jenkens ij> To Elzabeth Hardey xij^ It is my 
will that my executors shall take order for the payment of my deptf 
as apeere in my deptbooke w^in the space of one yeare nexte after my 
decease I make my executors An my wife and William my sone 
I apoint my overseers George B. and Bobarte B. my sones Theese 
beinge witnesses Thomas Greaves George Psevall George Hulme. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS OHADEBTON OF THE 
LEES, CO. LANC, GENT.» 



[N the name &c. 11 Aug. 1672 I Thom"s Chaderton of y« Leze 
w^in y« oountie of Lancast' gentylma &c. I do comitte my 

' ProTed 12th May, 1678. The testator married Joan, daughter of John Tetlow of 



LAKCAflHiaB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 131 

mortall bodieto Ghrystyan buryall w*^in thepisshe churcheof Old^m 
To Anne Crompton wyff of WylTm Grompton my doughr one 
hudrethe markf To Alls Ghaderton my doughr one hudrethe markf 
and also zl" by yere during hyr lyff issuyng fourthe of my inheritaunce 
of Foultfin in the countie of Staffort To Jane Ghaderton and Brydgit 
Ghaderton my doughtf [each] one hudreth mark^ To Eatryn 
Travys wyffe of Hugh Traves my doughr one hudreth markf All 
the aforesaid quyddf or legasies it is my wyll that my sone George 
Ghaderton shall paye y« same w*in the space of one two [sic] yerf 

next aft' [ray] deathe in .of suche thingf as I wyll gyre unto 

hym in thys my last wyll To Jane my wifie all my purohessed 
landf in Maches? and af? hir death to remayne to [my] right heyrf 
To Jane my wyff all the koened [coined] golde and sylv in my ohyst or 
custodie excepte my funerallf and forthe bryngyng wich I wyll shalbe 
taken of the same golde and sylv To Laurence Ghaderton my sone 
xl» by yere yssuyng out of my inheritance in Foulf y in y« countie of 
Staffort tyll the said Laurence may spend by yere in benefies or 
other pmosions one hiidreth markf and then y^' said xl" shall not be 
payed to y® said Laurence any longer Unto Wyttm Grompton and 
Anne his wyff the revsion of one lease wich I have of y^ graunt of 
Thome's Grompton decessed of y* Whit Groftf in Grompton To e9 
one of my executourf xl^ a pece for there paynes Itm to Edwarde 
Berdsley Thome's Ghadwicke Robert Glegg and Adam Shawe [each] 
a jaket clouthe of viij» the yarde To Alys Grene my servat woma 
a gowne clouthe of viij" the yarde To George Ghaderton my sune 
my best ring to be a heire lome for ev and all y® goodf that I have 

Chamber, by whom he had (with other children) a younger son, Laurence Ghaderton 
B.D., Kaster of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and one of the translators of the English 
Bible. — NoHiia CettrientU, toI. ii. part i. p. 116. The Testator's grandson, Thomas 
Ghaderton of the Lees Gent, recorded a pedigree of three descents at the yisitation of 
1613. His arms were Sable three bars argent. Crest, on a wreath a husbandman 
holding a scythe ppr, and the motto, '* Ein doe and spare not." — Latuf, M88. yoL 
xiT. p. 153. 



132 LANCASHIRB AND CHBSHI&K WILLS. 

w^ dettf and cattals aft y^ my legasies and dettf be payed I make 
my executor^ Edmnde Asshefn of Chaderton esquyer Richarde 
Badclyff of Langley gentylma and John Taylear of Horshedge In 
witnes &c. in the ^sence of S' Bod^ Wrygley my curate Adam 
Hyll and Edmnde Smyth w^ others. 

Theis be the dettC due to me y^' said Thonf s Chaderton Alex- 
and' Houghton and Wylhn Davynporte adminystratora of the goodf 
of my Ladie BadclyfTe xv^ John Bucley of Whytfelt xx» John 
Hylton de Beyle More xv^ Henry Taylear my tenand xl» Jams 
Bucley my suiie in lawe v^* the said Jams for y* Beyre Fylde iiij^. 

Theis be y« dettf wiche I y* said Thomas ough To S' Rod^ 
Wrygley iiij markf To y® wyff of Ric Wolfende and to hyr 
chyldren xxvj» viij<* For y« gronde in Whetstonhyll xlvj* viij* 
Katryn Watson ux Omfrey Watson iiijii Wyftm Badclyff of 
Machest' xl" Henry Hardie of Manches? xx*. 

John Taylear of Gohyll ought unto me vj^ xiij" iiij^ and hathe 
pmysed and plegged unto me one clowse of hys tenemet called 
Blocke Byding for eyght yerf to come Notw^^standing the said 
pmysse I am contet to release y* said John of y^ said fyle and 
bargayn yf he do paye unto me or to my sune George betwyxe this 
and y« feast of Saynct Mychaell tharangell next the said sume of 
sexe poundf xiij" iiij^. 



THE WILL OF DAME CHRISTIANA OALVELEY 
OF LEA.> 



IN Dei noie Amen in the viij*^ yer of y® reyne off Kyng Henry 
the viij*l» in y« xvj*^ day of y« monthe of Noveber that I Dame 

1 No date of probate. The testatrix was the daughter and heiress of Thomas Cot- 
tingham and widow of Sir Hugh Oalveley of Lea, co. Cest., Knt. — Ormerod, rol. ii. 
p. 419. 



LANCABHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 133 

Crystyane Calveley make my testamet in y^ mafl off wyse in my 
gud helth In p'mis I beqweth my sowle to Almyrgthy God and hys 
mod' Mary and to ally* sayntf in hevyn and my body to be broghte 
to y« chyrche off Bubury yff yt plese God In p'^mis y" my wyU y* iij 
yere aftur my dessesse a prest to synge for my husband and mee to 
y« qweche mat I wyll y* yt be fiilfyl wyll [while] tjl^ wyl laste And 
I wyll y* my sun George apon my blessyng see y* y^ be done And 
[I] wyll y* Antony have y* londe y* I have in Ghestur duringe hys 
ly ve To sayd Antonye a stonyng pese of sylv w* a oov I wyll y* 
my lady have a gylde gurdyll y* shee base al redy also y® fed' bed y* 
ys wHn hyr chambur My dogrtur Elsabet* my suns wyye my best 
gurduU and my best bedf [beads] My dogrtur Clyffe* my blacke 
gnrdull and my syl9 bedf [beads] Hyr dorgtur Crystyan Clyffe xx 
noblus to hyr mareage Also I wyll y^ my dogrtur Elsabet my sons 
wife shall delyver the said gurduU and bedf to hyr son Hug and hys 
wife Also I wyll that y« seid Hug shall have the ij new saltf dely^yd 
hym at hys goyng to bowse I wyll that Elsabet Calveley Ellen 
and Crystyan have ichen of theyme a gerdell and a peyre of brode 
shetes Also my son George howys unto me xx markes in on pcell 
and iij^ in a other pcell and xx^ in a other pcell I wyll that Eleu 

have my best gowne and girtle and smokes and chercheff 

Also y«* byn y« dedtf y* byn howyng me In p'mis Perys Dutton 
howsys to me xl* in on psell and y® same*Perys howsys me x^ in a 
other psell by y® hondf of S' John a Dutton Also John Aldersey 
a marke and iij» iiij<* Also Wyttm Masse of Codyndton a marke 
Also my sys? Margere Calveley vij nowblus for rente and xx" for a 
hoggyshede of wyne Also I make my sone George my Lorde Abbot 
and Antony Calveley my exsecutors and my Lorde Abbot of Chestur 
o9seer y* my wylbe fulfyllyd And thys done I geff all my londys 
and godys and dettys to my son George Calveley. 

^ Elizabeth, dAughter of Sir Tien Button of Hatton Knt. and vife of Sir Georgo 
Calyerley Knt. 
s Alice, wife of Bichard GUto of Huxley Esq., anoeetor of the Barls of Fowis. 



134 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

The inventorje off the goodf off my hMlye Cristiau Galveleye In 
p^is ij great saltf w* a cover pcell gilt xxxvij once vij^ viij" — a gilt 
cuppe off ailv w* a cov contaynig xxxj ownces vj^ iiij* — a pece off 
silv contaynyng xij oncf xl« — a nutte w* a co9 contaynyng xxiiij 
oncf iiijl^ viij» — a maser cotaynyng vij oncf xxv» viij^ — a dosen 
8il9 sponys cdtaynyng xij oncf xl» Su5k xxiij^ viij» viij<* iiij fether 
beddt— vj floke beddf — vj bolsters — viij pelows — vj pelow beris 
— V blankettf — xj co9lettf — ij co9yngC — v brasse potf — a pa 
and a mo't' presed unto x mlkf . 



THE WILL OF THOMAS VALENTINE OF 
BENCLIFFE, CO. LANC, GENT.» 



IN the name &c. 28 March 1560 4 Edw. VI. I Thomas 
Volantyne of Benclyffe gent. &c. and my bodye to be buryed 
in Eccles churche I gyffe to my sunne Bicharde Valentyne all my 
landys &c. accordyne to the teno' of certen dedys indentyd made 7 
Oct. 3 Edw. VI. also that there be dysposyde of charyte to pore 
folkys by the advyse of Syr Bobart Langley and Bicharde my suiie 
the sum of xxvj> viij^ I gyffe &c. all the reste of my goodys and 
cattals to Becharde my sune my executor And I make Syr Bobart 
Langley of Agecrofte knyght [my] sup vy sore Also that all yemen 
and offycers w^in the bowse shall have evye on of theym xij<^ a peso 

1 "So date of probate, but the inTentory is dated 8th April 4ith Edw. TI. Richard 
Yalentine of Bencliffe Esq. (sixth in descent from the testator), baptised at Ecoles 
18th June 1676, was high sheriff for the county of Lancaster in 1718. By his will, dated 
28rd June 1713, and proved at Chester in 1716, he bequeathed Bencliffe Hall to his 
kinsman Thomas Valentine, clerk, of Franckford in the county of Sligo. The latter 
in 1766 devised the estate to Samuel, eldest son of John Valentine of Boston in "New 
England, by a member of which family the hall and fifty acres of land were sold about 
the year 1792 to a Mr. Partington. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 135 

to prey ffor my sawie and evye servynge meyde xij<* lykewyse to 
prey for my sawle and evye husbandman or workman iiij^ a peso to 
prey for my sawle To Alys my servaunde woman for hyr paynys 
takyngo v» To evye on of the gentylwomen xij^ a pese to prey for 
my sawle Thes beynge wytnes Thomas Dodeson pste Bobart 
Langley Bobart Howlden Thomas Longworthe Thomas Locke 
Nycholas Langton Bobart Halle Henrye Dodeson Ottys Hollande 
of Clyfton w*^ others. 



THE WILL OP CHABLES WOBSLEY OF 
MANCHESTEB, YEOMAN.» 



IN the name &c. 8 April 1641 I Charles Worsley of Man- 
chester yeoman being infirme &c. my bodie I commit to the 
earthe to bee buried in Christian manner And conseming such 
worldly goods as the Lord hath bestowed upon mee my will is that 
the bee devided into tow equall partf one to bee equally devided 
among my ffower children Baphe Worsley of Piatt Edward Worsley 
of Busholme Alice Boulton wyffe of Thomas B. of Salford and 
Cycley Brounsword wyffe of John B. of Manchester And thother 
part I do reserve unto my selfe To my eldest sonne Baphe W. one 
large statute booke out of the said part ' To my granchild Charles 
W. Sonne unto my afore named sonne Baphe W. my great Bible 
To my sonne in law John Brownsword my booke caled M' Tindall 
workes To my doughter Cycley Brownsword my ffomaoe of brasse 

1 Proved 8th Kay, 1641. The testator married Elizabeth, daughter of Balph Gee 
of Manchester, by whom he had an eldest son, Balph Worsley of Piatt in Withington. 
He married to his first wife Isabel, daughter and heiress of Edward Massey of Man- 
chester gent., by whom he was fitther of Gharles Worsley, a major-general in Crom- 
weU's army. ~ Harl. MSS. 2110, fo. 82. 



136 LANCASHIEB AND CHB8HIRB WILLS. 

All the rest of my part of goods to bee eqaally derided among 1117 
tow sonnes Raphe W. and Edward W. and my tow doughters Alice 
Boulton and Cycley Brownsword I appoint my welbeloved sonne 
Raphe W. of Piatt within Rusholme and my lovinge sonne in law 
John Brownsword of Manchester [my] executors Signed &c. in 
the presence of us Lawrence Owin James Backhouse. 



THE WILL OF ANNE GREENHALGH, 
WIDOW.i 



IN Dei noie Amen 16 January 1666 [1566-7] I Anne Grene- 
halghe widow &c. my body to be buried in the pishe churche 
of Burye To Thomas Grenehalghe my sonne ij oxen ij staggf ij 
steres iiij kyne and a bull one stagge of iiij^' yeres ould all stuffe 
belonginge unto the kechin and viij shepe ov and besyde xx^ shepe 
w<^^ he ought to have by his ffathers will To Elizabethe Bradshaw 
the wyffe of John Bradshaw and her children xx*i« poundf To 
Laurence Banister and Eliz. Banister his sister xv poundf To John 
Bradshaw my sonne in law a bay stagge of ij yeres ould To iij 
children of George Sellers w«^ I am grandmother unto vj^* xiij» iiij* 
To John Grenehalghe and his wyffe the best bed in the ohamb 
above the hall and all thingf belonginge unto it a silv salte w^ a 

^ ProTed 4tli Febmarj, 1566-7. The testatrix was danghter of Bobert Langlej 
Esq. of Agecroft, bj Eleanor, daughter of William Baddyffe Esq. of Ordsall (see 
p. 16 ante, Note) and married John Greenhalgh Esq. of Brandlesome. She left isane 
Thomas, her son and heir, and three daughters, Alice, Elizabeth wife of John Brad- 
shaw Esq. of Bradshaw, and Anne^ who married Qeorge Seller. Her deeoeodant, 
John Greenhalgh Esq. of Brandlesome^ was QoTemor of the Isle of Man under 
James Earl of Derby firom 1640 to 1661, in which year he died of his wounds, after 
haying been present at the battles of Wigan Lane and Worcester. — See A$sket<m*M 
Journal, pp. 6, 6, and NotUia Cetirienn$y yoL ii. part L p. 29l 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 137 

oov double gilte a chalice w^ a patten and all thingf belonginge 
unto the chappell [which] shalbe lefte after ther deceasses at Braun^ 
dilsome as heire lomes I geve ffrauncf Holte xl" To Nicholas 
Banister ij twint stares of theyme that Ije w%at To Nicholas 
Grenehalghe one twynt heffer of the best To James Scolfield my ser^ 
vaunte ij shepe To Aic. Scholfield an other of [mj] ^vantf two shepe 
To Hughe Whiticar xijd To Hughe Cowope xijd To S' Hughe 
Hardman pryste one stone of fyne woUe that lyethe in his chamb 
To Anne Geste one matteres and one cov^ette To my foure ^vaunt^ 
maydf evy of theyme ij shepe To Anne Orenehalghe daughter unto 
my Sonne Thorns Q. xij shepe To my 'Svaunte Thorns Johns xx^ 
shiUingf To the children of John Bradshawes w^ I am graund- 
mother unto tenn poundf To fiartlemewe Grenehalghe v" To Elys 
Haworthe v^ To Henrie Cowoppe iij" iiij^ To Ric. Elyson iij" iiij** 
To S' Bo^ Hodgkinson pryst x" To my daughter Ales the best 
payre of sheetf save one payre and the best bourd clothe To 
Edmund Grenehalghe x\}^ To Eliz. firadshaw one standinge chyste 
in the lower pier To my daughter Anne Seller the chyst that hathe 
the writing^ in standinge in the same plor To the wyffe of John 
Grenehalghe the chyst that hathe the shetf in To Anne Bradshaw 
the square coffer that I ley my kercheffi^ in standinge in the same 
pier To my sonne Thorns O. ij great arkf in the bake house one 
basen and one ewer in the butterye To Nicholas Banister iiij<>' 
silv^ spones To John Grenehalghe one sil? spone To John Brad- 
shaw one silv spone To George Seller and his wyffe ij silv spones 
To Elizabethe Bradshaw my daughter ij sil? spones To my sonne 
Thorns G. the heire in the kilne To Anne Bradshaw and Elizabeth 
Banister all the lynen yeme flaxe and tow in the house To my 
sonne Thorns G. my good will of the tyethe of Tottington con- 
ditionally that he shall suffer my executors to take the pifitt^ therof 
towardf the payment of the rent( for the same and pformaunce of 
my will excepte the p^'vy tiethes w«^ he shall have to his owne pper 

II. T 



138 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

use All the rest of my good^ &c. shalbe devyded at the onlie 
discresions of my execuf I make my execuf ffrauncf Holte of 
Gristlehurste and Nichohis Banister of Altam esquiers And I 
desire Thorns G. of Brandelsorae esquier my welbeloved sonne S' 
Bic. Johns clerke and pson of the pishe churohe of Burye and John 
Bradshaw my sonne in lawe esquier to be my supvisors In witnes 
&c. in the ^sence of S>^ Hughe Hardman clerke Elis Haworthe 
Bartlemew Grenehalghe and Ric. Elyson w^ others. 



THE WILL OF BOBERT ARDERN.» 



IN Dei noie AmS 22 Oct. 1540 32 Hen. VIII. I Robert 
Ardern dredyng dethe &c. my body to be buryed in the pische 
churohe wher as hyt shall fibrtune me to dept I beqwethe to a 
wele disposyt pryst sadde and of vertuose codycons xij^ to syng 

masses saule iij yeres in the churche were yt shall please God 

that my body or bones shall lye and the seyde pst shall have x" to 

fynde hym bredde and wyne and all other thyngf ary and the 

sede pryst one yere of the seyde iij yers shall seye a trentall of Seynt 

ory wyt that at longf yto and the seyde prist shall begynne the 

trentall at the next aft my deptyng and so foloyng the utas of 

evy feast and also the sayde pryst shall seye evy Tuysdaye se of 

requiS and dyrge and comedaoon on nyght afor and the seyde pryst 
shall p'^y for the [souljs of my father and my moder and S' Perys 
Leght knyght and pryst as he doyth for my saw. ....the seyde pryst 
to helpe to do devyne svyce in the churche on holy dayes and evens 
yf he [be req]uyryt Also I wyll that all suche peple as helpe to 
bryng me fourthe shall be taken to se and have bredde and ale 

* No date of probate. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 139 

by the dyscretyon of my executors Also I wyll that ther be 

xl to sexe score of the poryst howses wHn Stokport and 

Manchafx pysches w4n xij dayes my deoesse and thaye and 

thayr meyny[?] to be reqoiret to p^y for my saule Also I wyll 

have e masse and a dyrge of the qweie were hyt shall 

fortmie me to be buryed at my buryall .j^ surgys to be sett 

ov"^ me and othyr lyghtf by the dyscretyon of my executors and 
also I wyll that my executors shall cause that daye and wHn 
yiij dayes af¥ a trentall of masse [s to be] seyde for my saule 
To the repacon of Stockport churche xl" To our lady 9vyce x» 

To seynt Pet' ?vyce viij» To seynt Antonye 3vyce iiij** To the 

repacyon of Wynwhyck churche xx» To the byldyng of Chedull 

churche or steple or repayryng of the same TJ" viij^ To the ryng 

of Denton chapell tj" viij^ To the chapell of seynt Stephen of 
Alvandley xl* To Norden churche vj' viij^ To Dedysbury churche 

.j« iiij<* To the repacyon of Glossoppe churche vj» viij^ To [the] 

maryage of my eldest doght^ Alyce x^ To our lady chapell of 
Dystele yj" viij<^ to be sette in the boke of broderhode Also where as 
I was executor to my m'' ^ Syr Perys Leght knyght and prest I take 
yt opon my charge as I shall answare afor Gtod that I have no mafil 
of goodes of hys gold ner sylvur except as her afr foloys that ys to 
wyt iij yardes of black fryce afr vij^ a yarde x knotty of blew threde 
y« p'ce iiij<* viij knotty of whyte threde y« p'ce iiij^ a nold leysthe^ a 
case of leydur to cary a glasse in a gafflyn hedde^ in money vj" viij<^ 
also halfe a pownde and a quarteron of greyse a hert gratter of wode 
also a leyde mall \? mallet] If ij twytfyn baskyttf * y« p^'ce xij^ I 
have hade more then these hot not past the value of xij^ thes goodes 

^ Sir Peter Legh of Lyme, created a knight banneret at the siege of Berwick 22 
Edward lY., died bX Lyme 11th August 1527, haying appointed Bobert Ardem 
one of the executors of his wilL — See Beamont's Warrington tn 1466, note, pp«> 
xiii., xir. 

' An old lease. 

' That part of the cross-bow which was used in bending it. — Halliwell in voce^ 

* Baskets made of wicker-work P 



140 lANCJUSHIBB AND CHB8HIBE WILLS. 

Mayst' Perys Leght of Bradley oghe to have bot he doyth oghe me 
for more then thys To Annes the wyffe of Raaffe Bobynson in 
Denton xx* To Annes Lauder of Alderley xiij" iiij^ To Merget 
Byrehall the doght' of Uym Byrohall dwellyng in Assheton in 
Wynwhyck poohe in Lancashyre xiij" iiij^ I wyll that all suche 
that be o\vyng money to me whyohe the names be in a bylle [havjyng 
thyt merk P be pardnut as myohe as the seyde merke shall stande a 

nendf and not es To the makyng or upholdyng of Penkefurthe 

brygge vj" viij^ K to the makyng of Frodsam brygge vj» viij* Also 

I wyll that one be hyryt to go for me seynt Truyons in Scot* 

lande and offer [for] me a bende placke whyche ys in my purse Also 
I wyll that one go on pylg'mache for me w^ a bend crossyt grote and 
a mette of wax w* v lytyll Schys brenyng at evnsonge over nyght 
and at matens and masse on the other daye to oure Lady of Wal- 
syngh'^m To Robert Ardem my neyvew my tawne saten boublet 
[doublet] I wyll that my executors shall paye any thyng that canne 
be provyt that I oghe and make a mendes to any ma that I have 
hurte that can be provyt be ryght To Thomas Handley my black 
gowne My other apparell for my bodye shall be delt emonge my 

tenntes in Stockport pych to Hughe Geffronson in Weryngton 

pysche I gyffe my borde clothe of twylle the one halfe to Denton 
chapell to be auter clothe and the other halfe to the chapell of seynt 
Stephyn of Alvandley To my neyvew Bychart Hollonde thre of my 
best sylvur ^ipones and to my cosyn John Ardemne two sylvur 
spones and my best cofur To my doht' Alyce my omber beydes 
The rest that shall lefe over my wyll fulfyllyt shall be put in a oofur 
in a sure kepyng by iny executors at the oversyght of my supvysurs 
and they to kepe the keye and so to delyvur yt at the tymes 
necessary for my doght' Alys proffet and yff yt fortune her to deoesse 
afor she have receyvyt thes goodes then myn executors w* the over 
syght of my supvysors shall dyspose hyt in almes dedes for my 
sawle and my fryndes sanies To Alyce my doght' my bedde And 



LANCASHIRS AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 141 

I make Bychart HoUande of Denton esqnjer John Ardem of 
Ardeyne esqnyer and Thomas Daveport of Dysley chaplyn my exe- 
cutors and I wyll that yechon of theym shall have x" for theyr 
payne over and besyde theyre costes To S' Boger Warde x> to p y 
for me and to be a caller on that thys my wyll be fiilfyllyt. 



THE WILL OF CAPTAIN RALPH STANDISH.i 



IN the name &c. 21 December 1 637 I Gaptaine Raphe Standish 
youger sonne of Alexander Standish late of Duxburie in the 
countie of Lancaster Esq' deceased &c. And my bodie I comitt to 
the earth from whence it came to bee buried in Christian buriall 
And for my goods and psonall estate I bequeath the same as herein 
is declared that is to say To my brother Thomas Standish xx" and 
to every one of his children except Ratcliffe xx' My sister Joan and 
every one of her children xx» My sister Alice xx» her daughter 
Anne Asshton v^^ her three children had by her second adventure to 
every one of them v^ My brother Gelibrand x» Hamblett Ashton 
X" My brother fianaster x* My brother Alexander xx^ Alexander 
his wiffe x^ his daughter Joan xx" My ant EUine v^ S' Raphe 
Asheton xx* My uncle R atcliff e Ashton xx^ The poore of Anlesaugh 
Heapey Whitle Chorley and Duxbury viz* to every townshipp xx» 
My nursmam Jane Croston desireing her to wynd mee xl" My cosin 
Henry Ogell xx* My cozen Thomas Sergeant th'^elder xx* My cosin 
Eatherin Sergeant x» To William Leigh batchlor of divinitie xl" 
My cosen Thomas Longworth xx" My cosen Margrett Crosse xx" 
My cosen Jane Asheton x" John Jameson x" I bequeath after my 
debtc &c. are paied all the residue of my said goodf &c. unto Rat- 
oUffe Standish daughter unto Thomas Standish to bee putt forth for 

1 Proved February 11th, 1687 [1687-8]. 



142 LANCASHIBE AND CHESHIBB WILLS. 

her use by my executors uutill shee come unto yeares of discretion 
And I desire that my brother Staudish shall have nothing to doe 
with it And I doe hereby constitute &o. my brother Alexander S. 
and Edward fiSEimeworthe of Duxbury bestoweing of them tenn 
pounds apece for their paines executors of this my last will not 
doubting but they will trulie execute the same according to my 
desire and trust in them reposed And now to God bee praise for 
ever and ever amen Memorand that theis good^ hereafter menooned 
were given by Gaptaine Raphe Standish in his lyffe tyme by word 
of mouth viz^ To my Lord Strange one case of pistolls and a dra- 
goone To his sister Banaster one beaver hatt one fur^d coate one 
cadowe and a seller of botles To his nephew Richard Clayton one 
case of pistolls three musketf a targett a leading staife powder bagg 
and two other litle peeces To his brother Alexander his sword To 
Edward iFameworth a litle ffilde bed To Tho. Grompton his boy in 
money v^i and some of his cloathes at the discretion of his executors 
To W™ Nickson one demicastor hatt and some other old cloathes at 
my exec'" discretion One old Testam^ to his sister Banaster and the 
rest of his bookes to any of his frend^ that desired one at y^ discre- 
tion of his exec'^ Sealed &c. in presence of Richard Haydocke 
Edward Wyke &c. 



THE WILL OF ELIZABETH WIDOW OF JOHN 
ORRELL OF TURTON ESQ.i 



IN the name &c. 23 January 1606 [1606-7] I Elizabeth Orrell 
late wiffe of John Orrell late of Turton in the countie of Lan- 

1 Elisabeth, daughter of Nicholas Butler of Bawcliffe Esq,, bj Isabel, daughter 
and coheiress of John Clayton of Clayton. Her grandson, Wm. Orrell Esq., sold 
the Turton estate in 1628 to Humfrey Chetham, the founder, for £4,000. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 143 

caster esquyre deceased being &c. my bodie to be buryed in Clayton 
chappell w^in Leyland church or otherwise at the discrecion of my 
Sonne ffrancis Orrell And as touchinge the disposicSn of my goodes 
my will is that they shalbe equally distributed amoungest my sonne 
ffrancis Orrell his children To my sonne Richard Orrell one litle 
whyte silver salte w*^ a cover and one dozen of silver spoones w* 
the maden heade ingraved upon everie of theim Unto Bichard 
O. sonne of my sonne ffrancis 0. a greate silver salte w^ the 
cover beinge dooble guilte and one dozen of silver spoones comonly 
called the twelve appostles Unto my doughter Susan nowe wiffe 
of Thomas Ryley of the Greene one silver tune and the third pte 
of all my lynnen beinge equally divided into three ptes Unto 
Sara Orrell doughter of my saide sonne ffrancis O. all the residue 
of my plate and one other third pte of my lynnen and the other 
third pte to Anne O. wiffe of the saide Brancis O. Also my will 
is that one fetherbed one caddowe two coverlettf one brasse pott 
and one blanckett shalbe excepted to be bestowed by worde of 
mouthe as hereafter I shall thincke good and my apparell of my 
bodie To everie one of my househould Pvntf three shillinges 
[and] foure pence Moreover be it knovme to all men that whereas 
formerly there hath bene conveyance made betwene me the said 
Elizabeth O. ffrancis O. and Bichard 0. on the one ptie and Wittm 
Orrell of Turton esquyre on the other ptie bearing date 15 Feby 30 
Eliz. amongest other thinges it was agreed that I might convey the 
yerelie some of sixe poundes duringe the lyffe naturall of some pson 
to be noiated in my lyff tyme the saide anuall some to be yssuinge 
forth of my landes in Clayton nowe knowe you that my will is that 
all the same some of sixe poundes yerelie shalbe to all intent^ and 
purposes unto ffirancis O. younger sonne of ffrancis O. of ffarrington 
for his lyffe natural! Also I make Bichard O. and ffrancis 0. 
sonnes of the saide ffrancis O. my saide sonne my executors And 
I desire my sonne in la we John Wrightinton to be supvysorof this 



144 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my laste will And for his paynes I doe gyve him a silver cupp pcell 
guilte Thes beinge wytnesses Boger Langton Thomas Byley Peter 
Werden Thomas Byley Bic Chamocke junior. 

The inventory of all the goodes and chattalls w<* were late 
belonginge to Elizabeth 0. widowe decessed taken the xxv^^ daie of 
Januarie Anno Begni Begis Jaoobi &c. quinto Inprimis one silver 
salt double guilt w^^ a cover v^ — one dozen of great silver spoones 
yjH — one other whyte silver salt and a dozen of spoones iiij^^ x» — 
one silver tunne xxxiij* iiij^ — one silver cuppe xx» — twoe other 
silver cuppes guilt v^* — twoe silver bowles v^ — sixe silver spoones 
xxxiij* iiij<* — for lynnens for her body xxvj» viij^ — thirty fyve 
payre of sheetes jx^ — in lynnens for the table iij^ xiij» iiij^ — twoe 
cupboardes twoe chistes and one folden board xl" — her apparrell 
xii — one bedd w*^^ the furniture v^i— in stooles quishions and 
cheares xx" — in gould and silver lvj^». 



THE WILL OF BIOHABD BEXWYCKE, CHAPLAIN.^ 



IN Dei noTe Amen Anno Dm Mccccc xxxiiij^^ quarta deeimo die 
mensis Septembris Ego Bicard^ Bexwycke capellan^ compos 
mentis sane memorie eger tame corpore condo meu ultimu testamentii 
in modu et forma sequentes fyrst I beqweith my sole to Almyghtie 
God my maker and redeml to oure blessed ladye hys mother the vgen 
sencte Marie and unto all the holy copany of heven Also my bodye 
and bones to be buryed in pystch church of Meddylton I gyve to y^ 

1 No date of probate. In the painted window in Middleton Church, commemo- 
rating the battle of Flodden, are the " vera effigies " and name of Bichard Bexwick, 
who was, Tory probably, a relatiTe of the testator. — See Corser's James* Iter 
Lancattrense, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHfiSHIRE WILLS. 145 

most neoessarie werkes of the sayd church of Middelton xx" To Sir 
Thomas Mawdysley^ Sir Omiray Crompton Sir James Hopwod^ Sir 
Robert Cocke unto e^y on of theym xvj^ to say dirige [and] masse and 
to praye for my sowle Unto Thomas Lee y^ clerke^ to rynge and pray 

for my sowle Unto iiij alewyffes that is to say y« wyflFe of Oliver 

Unnesworth y« wyff of Wiilm Talior y« wyff of Robert Fytton j^ 
wyff of Robert Jakes unto evy on of theym xij^ to forgyflF me where 
e? I have oifended theym Unto xij poore scholers xij^ or more att 
y« disposition of my executors Also I gyff &c. x* unto Sir Roger 
Ireland to say a trentall of masses at Middelton for my sowle And 
yf he cannot have licence from hys 3vys [service] to say it there I 
wyll that it be putt to another poore prest that is out of 3ves at y« 
dysposition of my mayster and my executors as they thinke most 
expedient to say it at Middelton aforesayd Unto Thomas Wylde 
my jaket of cloth Unto Anne y« wyff of Thomas Wylde ij« viij^ 
eyther in money or other thynges worth the same money Unto 
Mayst' Rauff Assheton Mayst' Edmunde Hopwod John Harper 
John Gowope the whych be my suretyes unto evy on of theym vj" 
viij^l I make my executors Roger Bexwicke my father John Cowope 
my brother in law Edward Bexwike and Rauff Bexwike my bre- 
thren to fulfyll thys my last wyll unto the pleasure of God and helth 
of my sowle and to dyspose and order y^ residue of all my gud 
moveable and unmoveable after my whyddes and dettf payd yf there 
any remene unto the ^vation of my sowle as they thinke most 
necessarye Also I hertely dyssyre my mayst"^ Rye Assheton esquier 
and Mayst' Rye hys soiie and heyre to be my supervisors &c. Given 
the yere and day above rehersed. 

Among the debts due to the testator is the following " iiij markf 

^ Sir Thomas Hawdysley waa probably oarato of Middleton, as from the 28th May 
1549 he enten the baptisms in the Begister Book to 80th April, 1551. 
» « Sir James Hopwood buryed 24th Sept. 2 B. Marie." — Segister Book. 
*The Leighs were parish clerks of Middleton for at least a century after this date. 

II. U 



146 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

in the handf of John Oowope toward y® contentation of my poDsion 
payeable at y« feat of All Halowys."' 



THE WILL OF ISABEL HOLLAND OP 
SALFOBD, WIDOW.i 



IN the name &;o. 13 Maye 1598 I Isabell Holland of Salford 
in the county of Lancast' widdowe beinge &c. my bodye to be 
buried in the pishe churche of Manchest' neare weare my late hus- 
band Georg Holland and other my auncestors and ffrindf weare 
buried To my suster Margret Tetlowe widowe the yearlie rente of 
fForttie shillingf duringe the tearme of twelve yeares next ensuinge 
the daie of my decease yf the said Margrete T. so longe doe lyve to 
be yearlie issuinge out of my moytie of the messuage or tente in the 
Newhalle w<^ I hould under M' fibwler I doe devise &;o. all my 
saide moitye of the saide messuage or tenemt and landf thereunto 
belonginge togeath' w*^ all my come and grayne nowe thereuppon 
springinge and growinge and all other comodyties &c. except the 
saide yearhe rente of ffortie shillingf to my two children John H. and 
Anne H. equallie to be devided betwixt them for one whole yeare 
next after my deceasse And after the said yeare ended I doe give 
&o. the rev&n of the yeres w<^^ I have in the said moitye &c. to my 
eldest Sonne Othes H. (except the saide yearlie rent of ffortty shil- 
lingf) I geve &c. the lease w^^ I have of two messuages &;c. in 
Salford to my sonne Robert H. towardf his better mayntenaunce in 
leaminge To the saide Anne H. ray dough t' one lease w^^ I hould 
of Thomas Shawe gent, of one pcell of land beinge in Salford 
Unto my doughters Isabell Chetam and Anne H. all my apparell 
for my bodie and all my Jewells to be equallie devided betwixt 

» ProTed Juno 23, 1598. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 147 

them To ffoure children of my sonne James Ghetam^ to witt 
Edward George Henrye and Isabell Ohetame twenty poundf 
equallie to be devided amongst them To my cousine BaufTe 
Byrom' gent, my best peese of silver plate To my cousine Thorns 
Byrom the seacond or best peese of silver plate next in goodnes to 
the former To my god doughter Susan Byrom dought' of the said 
Thomas B. one cowe Unto my said sonne James Ohetame one 
sylver pott gilte w*N)ut cover To my suster Elizabeth Prowdlowe 
one spurriall To my cousine Jane Byrom wiff of the foresaid BaufFe 
one duble duckett in gold To my dought' in lawe Eatherine Hol- 
land one stone pott w*^ a silver cover and garnished w*^ silver To 
my sayd sonne Bobte H. my best standinge bedd one fether bedd 
one bolster one mattrys two pillowes two pillowe beares two blanc- 
kettC two paire of fflaxen sheets and a coveringe To Margerie 
Shughsmythe my Svaunte xx» To my ?vaunte EUyne Sym xx» To 
my svaunte John Scothill vj' viij^ To my servaunte Henry Shugh- 
smythe alias Hoult vj* viij<^ I geve my svant Isabell Dowson yj« 
viij** Unto Elizabeth Adlinton tenn shilling^ All the rest of my 
goodf &;c. I geve to my two children John H. and Ann H. equallie 
to be devided betwixt them Yt is my will that my sonne in lawe 
James Ghetame shall have the tuicon of my saide sonne John H. 
and goverment of his goodf untill he shall come to the age of twenty 
and one yeares And I doe referr the order of my funerall to be done 
by the discretion of my execute" hereafter named And I doe con- 
stitute &c. execute'^ of this my last will my welbelovide children 
Robert H. and Anne H. And I desire my welbelovide sonne Othes 
H. my sonne in lawe James Ohetame my lovinge cosins BaufTe 
Byrom and Thomas Byrom to be overseers &;c. In wytnes &c. in 
the psence of thees psons &c. Robert Leigh Edward Briddocke his 
mark Robert Leighe the yonger Isabell Holland. 

> James Chetham of CnimpsaU gent., eldest brother of Hamphrey Chetham the 
Founder. 

* See the Pedigree of Byrom of Salford (Byrom's Semairu, vol ii. part ii.), where 
aU these Byroms occur. 



148 LANCA8HIBS AND CHB8HIRB WILLS. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS GRENE OF 
MANCHESTER, YEOMAN.* 



IN the name &c. The yere of our Lord GU>d mcccccIvjo that ys to 
say the yj* day of August I Thomas Orene of the towne of 
Mauchest' wythyn the countye of Lancast' yoman sycke in body 
&c. my body to chrysten buryall w*in y« pych church of Manchest' 
To y« reparation of y® sayd church of M. vj» viij^ Also I wyll y* at 
such tyme as it shall please God to call me frome thys ^sent lyff 
that afore y* tyme y* my body be sepilrate or buryed that my ex- 
ecutors shall cans masse and dirige to be songen in y* qwere of Man- 
chestr w* y" company there to pray for my sawll and all chrystian 
saulf accordyng to the laudable custome of y* qwere Also I wyll y* 
there shalbe on trentall of massf sayd after my decesse to pray for 
my saule and all chrystya saulf I wyll S' Edmud Rydyngf have 
X" and he to say y« sayd trentall I wyll that Genet Bayley have all 
that money y* ys oghyng to me of Rodger Kenyan of Grenley whych 
ys y« sume of xij'> xiij" vj* whych ys unpayd of y® sume of xix^^ and 
xij^ to be for her pt Also hyt ys my wyll y* Merget my doghter 
haue y® hawse y* I now dwell in w* all comodytys y^to belongyng 
as orchard gardyn and a medow to her and to her heres for e9 w* 
on caw gate in y« fianke duryng her lyff and yf the sayd Merget 
decesse w*ote heyrf of her body lawfully begotyn then y® afore sayd 
bowse &c. to remayne to Alys my doght for ev To Alys my doghr 
a certyn hawse now in y* holdyng of on John Bradshaw to have &c. 
to her and to her heres for ev reservyd y* my doght Merget shall 
have on kaw gate duryng her lyff in y® same tenemet and for defaut 
of yssue to Alys my doght hyt ys my wyll y* y« aforesayd bowse &c. 
do remayne to Merget my doght and to y® heres of hyr body for e? I 

^ ProTed 2nd November 1556. 



I^NCASHIEB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 149 

make Henry Barker and Jamys Wylde my execators &o. thes beyng 
wytnes S' Hugh Ormysha ray goetly father Mylys Gylforth Rye 
Marshall Phylyp Bery. 

Attached to the will is the following ^^the sayd iiij wytnesses 
named in this testament acknowledged before me the xx daye of 
Octobre that this sayd testament is the trewe wyll of the sayd 
Thomas Grene in wytnes whereof I haue subscrybed my name 

George Colyer, Wardeyne." 

It is evident from the inventory that the testator followed the 
business of a tanner. 



THE WILL OF ISABEL TYPPINQE OF 
MANCHESTER, WIDOW.* 



IN the &c. 1 December 1598 I Isabell Typpinge of Manchester 
wyddowe beinge somewhat sick in boddy but of good &c. My 
boddy to be buryed in the pishe churche of Manchester or where yt 
shall please God to dispose yt I gyve unto my sonne George Typ- 
pinge a hundrethe and ffyftye powndes and unto his doughter Mary 
T. a hundrethe and £Bftie powndes And yt is my will that my s^id 
Sonne George T. shall haue the nse &c. of the said hundrethe and 
ffiftie powndes bequeathed before unto his doughter Mary for the 
better proffett and commoditie of his said doughter untill suche time 
as shee shall bee of xxj yeares of age gyvinge unto my executor suf- 
ficient discharge in lawe for the same Unto Anne Rillston wiefTe 
of Thomas Rillston of London grocer my eldest doughter now 
lyvinge a hnndreth and ffiftye powndes and unto her sonne Thomas 

' The testatrix was the widow of Richard Tipping of Manchester gent (buried 
there 10 Oct. 1592) ancestor of the Tippings of Manchester and Oheetham Hill and 
afterwards of Darenport Hall co. Gest. See Burke's Landed G^etUry, 



150 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

and unto her doughter Parnell a hundrethe and ffiftie ponndes 
equallie to be devyded betwixt theim And yt ys my will that my 
Bonne in lawe Thomas Billston shall haue the use &c. [as before] 
Unto my doughter Oycely wief of Os would Mosley* of Man: draper 
a hundrethe and ffiftie powndes and unto her ffyye sonnes Oswould 
Edward Rowland Samuell and fFrancis every of theim twenty 
ponndes and unto her doughter Margett ffyflie powndes And yt ys 
my will that my sonne in lawe Oswould Mosley shall have the use 
&;c. [as before] Unto Dorothy ffox^ wieff of John ffox de Bodes in 
Pilkington yoman my yongest doughter now lyvinge a hundrethe 
and ffyftie powndes and unto her sonne William ffyftie powndes 
and unto her doughter Ann a hundrethe powndes [This money to 
remain in the hands of the exor till they were of age] Unto my 
sonne in lawe Oswould Moseley a spurr ryall To my sonne in lawe 
John ffox a spurr ryall aud unto my sonne in lawe Thomas Billston 
a spurr ryall To my cosin Thomas Brownesword a spurr ryall and 
unto his sister Isabell Brownesword a spurr ryall Unto M' Gogan' 
tenn shilling^ and unto his wiefie tenn shillingf in gould Unto 
M'' ffox de Bodes tenn shilling^ and unto Isabell Willatt tenn shil* 
lingC To Edward Tyckhill tenn shilling^ and unto my neighboure 
Joane Gee wydow tenn shilling^ and my best hatt Uuto my ser- 
vant Alyce Gee ffyve ponndes and unto my servant Margrett Newton 
tenn shilling^ Unto the poore ffolckes twenty powndes to be be- 
stowed at the discretion of my executor Unto my doughter in lawe 
Mary Typpinge my best peece of plate and my best gloves Unto 

> Oiwald Mosley of Gkuratt Hall Manchester, married at the Collegiate Church 
10 June 1589, Cicely Tipping, and was buried there 5 January 1621-2. 

' She was buried at the Collegiate Church 10th August, 1600. 

> Thomas Cogan, B.A. 1562, M.A. 1566, M.B. 1574, was elected Fellow of Oriel 
College, Oxford in 1563. He resigned his Fellowship in 1575, on being appointed 
High Master of Manchester Grammar School. — See Sistortf of the Foundations in 
Manchester, yol. ilL p. 103. 1607, June 10, " Thomas Cogan, Master of Artes and 
late high Scolmaster." — Regigter of Burials, CoUeguUe Churchy Manchester, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 151 

my doughter Anne Rillston a sylver goblett To my doughter Cycely 
Mosley halfe a dossen of sylver spoones and unto my doughter 
Dorothy ffox halfe a dossen of sylver spoones The rest of my goodf 
I gyve them all after my ffunerall discharged unto Samuell T. my 
yongest sonne And I make Samuell T. my said yongest sonne my 
sole executor &c. And I make ray sonne Oeorge T. and my three 
sonnes in la we Oswald Mosley John ffoxe and Thomas Billston to be 
overseers &c. 

From the inventory it appears that the testatrix was in trade. 



THE WILL OF JOHN HEWETT, PREBENDARY 
OF CHESTER.^ 



IN the name of God amen 30 October a thowsand fy ve hiidryth 
fowrty and [sic] I John Hewett ^endary of the chathedrall 
church of Cryst and ou' Lady of Chest' gud of remembrance &c. my 
body to [be] buryede in the north syde of the qiuer w*yn the yle I 
gyve to John Both esqwyer my bedd stockf w* the test' and heng- 

yngf of To Thomas Gravefi esqwyer my klokke To Mast' 

Ghan^chler a byrrall glasse w* a cov To Hugh Powell pson of 
Ecculston my grey amyse and a surplyse and an elne kalyko cloth 
To the ij clerkc of the chathedrall church vj^ viij^ a pece To Ric 
Spenc and to Elyzabz his dogt' vj" viij^ a pece To S' William 
Bayne the advowson of Estam w* my hatt and my velvett bagg To 
M' Doctor Wall^ my beste jackedd and my best dowblett I gyve 

^ John Hewett, admitted Prebendary of Chester 4th Augnst, 1641. There is no 
date of probate of his will, but his successor, John Gibbes, was presented in 1544. 

' Dr. William Wall, Prebendary of Chester, admitted 1st August, 1541, and died 
in 1574. 



152 LANCASHIftE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

M' Buxy^ my russett wolstye frokk To S' Randyll Cottgreve a sur- 
plyse a eheamlett dowblett and Joseffus de Antiq^tatib} tempu To 
S' John Jeynson my best gowne and ij ptf of Antonyne To S' Hugh 
Burneby my wynt' cope To S' John Meyr a eheamlett jaokett a 
Burplyse and a gowne To S' Jamys Jhonson a russett ulstyd jacked 
and a dowblett of y^ same To S' Bic Gawdey a russell ulstyd jacked 
ftirryd w* a typped To S' Thomas Wermyjame my ftirryd gowne 
and sum bokf To Hugh of the Hey vj" viij<* I? I gyve betwixt 
Margere Bryne and John Anyon Jij lodf of hey To Margere Bryne 
a maser bownd w* sylv my best covyng ray new cuppurd w* all the 
pewt' vessell standyng ther ov my gret fowyldyng bord w* the covyng 
therof half doS napk}ms ij pelo berys ij payer of shet^ halfe dosS 
spones and my takk which is joyntly betwixt me and Bic Spend 
duryng sixtene yerf I gyve to Margere Bryne and to John Anyon 
all my woodd and coif To the seyd John my second covyng and 
half dosyn cussions To Margere Oawdy a covlyd a payre of shetf 
and xijj» iiij* To Oycele Lyon a co9lyd a payer of shetf and x^ To 
Elyn Parr a covlyd a payer of shetf and x» To Besse Wharryer 
vj8 viijd To Ames of the kychyon a co9lyd and iij» iiijd To Bic. 
Hewett dwellyng w* Edmund Dymok xx» To Alis Hewett wedow 
an owld gowne a payer of hose and iij» iiij^ To Margere Hewett 
vj« viijd To Thomas Thornley my bowe and xx* To Thomas 
Wrygt my second cownt' burd w* the cov and vjs viij^ To Bobert 
ap William vj* viij<^ To Thomas Smyth drap my lytill feS bedd 
To evy chyld of Margere Litill dwellyng in Walisey vj» viij^ a pece 
To evy chyld of Elyzabeth Litill dwellyng at Melso Grange vj" viij^ 
a pece To evy chyld of John Litill decessed vj* viij^ a pece To 
Nanny Dymoke my sprusse coff' To Mastres Tatton my gowld 
ryng The resydewe of all my guddf &c. I will that hit be dys- 
posyd for my sola helth by my executors as God will gyve them 

> Nicholas Bucksie M.A., admitted Prebendary 4th August, 1541, died in 1666. — 
Ormerod, vol. i. pp. 222, 223. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 153 

grace whom I name Thomas Gravener esqwer John Both esqwr 
and Hugh Powell pson of Ecculston ovsyer Mast' George Wylmya- 
low cheanchJer Witness beyng psent Llewys Williams Hugh 
Thomas EafFe Beve Thomas Byggmaydyn Hugh of the Hey S' 
John Jeynson petty canon and Bob. Yeok w^ others P me John 
Hewet ^end Ghes?. 



THE WILL OF BICHABD GBOSVENOB 
OF DODDLESTON, ESQ.* 



IN the name &c. 24 Nov. 22 Eliz. I Bichard Gravenor of 
Doddleston in the countie of Chester beinge in reasonable 
healthe &c. My bodye to be buryede in chrystian buryall in suche 
pishe churche as it shall fortune me to fynishe this my trancetorye 
lyffe My will is that ymediatlye after my decesse my bodye be con- 
veyed to the sepultre w*N)wte anye manor of worldlye prodygaletie 

and that at the daye of my buryall the some pounds be 

gyven to the porest sorte that shall vysett my buryall in two peny 
dole I geve to the churche wardens of the churche where I shall 
chaunce to be buryede toward^ the mayntenance of the churche 
workf size shilling^ eighte pence Wher I heretofore have graunted 
unto S' Uryan Brearton knyghte John Wynne of the towne gent. 
and others all that my messuage w*^ all landes &c. in Bisire in the 
lordeshippe of Molesdale and countie of Flynte w*'^ I latelye boughte 
of my brother in lawe Thomas Leighe of Adlington esquyre decessed 
upon specyall truste that they should ymediatlye after my deceasse 

1 Frored 24 February, 1579 [1579-80], by Thomas Egerton gent. Biohard Gros- 
renor of Doddleston, second son of Sicbard Gbosrenor of Eaton Esq. by Catherine 
thurd daughter and coheir of Bichard Cotton of Budware, married Eatherine daughter 
of Sir Piers Button of Hatton Ent. and widow of Sir Boger Puleston, by whom he 
had no issue. He was Sheriff of Flintshire 6 Edw. VI. — Ormerod, toI ii. p. 4i54i. 

11. X 



154 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

I havinge no wyffe at the tyme of my death stande and be seased of 
the said messuage and landf to their awne use untill suche tyme as 
they have levyed of the issues and pfyttf therof the some of fyftie 
poundf to suche use as I the said Richard G. in. my lyffe tyme by 
my wrytinge under my hande and scale or by my last will shall 
appoynte and assygne I therfore by this my said will lymett and 
appoynte that twentie poundf pcell of the said fiyftie poundf be 
geven to the handf of myne executor w*^in one quarter of yere after 
my decesse and that myne executor havinge receyved the said xx^ 
shall gyve unto Richard Gravenor^ sone and heyre of Thomas G. 
late of Eaton esquyre decessed when he shall be of the age of one 
and twentye yeres not onlie the said twentie pounds but also fortye 
poundf more towarde the suynge furthe of his lyverey And if he 
chaunce to dye before he come to his full age then myne executor 
shall gyve the said threescore pounds to his yonger brother Thomas 
G. when he shall acconiplishe the age of twenty and one yeres 
And if they bothe dye then myne executor shall bestowe the said 
threescore poundf equallie amongest the doughters of the said 
Thomas G. the father Unto the said Richard G. when he shall 
come to his full age one sylver bowle pcell gylte havinge in it en- 
graven this worde Aprill and one other bowle over gylte to drjmcke 
wyne in having in it lyke hooles and punches to geyther w* my 
best fetherbedd my best bolster and pyllowe the best payre of blan- 
kettf and my best covering the intrest that I have in the howse 
wherin I inhabytt and the interest I have in the lordeshippe of 
Dodleston by lease if I dye before the yeres expyre And if he dye 
then his brother Thomas to have it at lyke tyme To my nevew 
Richard Gravenor fortye sh To my brother John my best 

^ Bichard G^srenor of Eaton Esq., great nephew of the testator, was bom in 1662, 
and dying 18 Sep. 1619, left issue Bichard his successor, created a Baronet 23 Feb. 
1621-2, the direct ancestor of the present Marquis of Westminster and his brothers the 
Earl of Wilton and Baron Ebury. — Ormerod, toI. ii. p. 454. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 155 

gowne and twentje shilling^ for a remembrance To mj nevew 
George Bayenscrofte sixe sylver spoones my gowne w^ the tnche 
boxe and a plate cote To my nevewe Soger Puleston of Emrall 
the lease w^^ the interest therin w<^ I have of Mr. Tatton of the 
landf in Mynteshyre called the Lorde Aldefordf land^ prayeinge 
him to be good and not to hurte the tenantf and occupyers therof 
and to have care that the leasse be not lost for lacke of payment of 
the rent To the said Roger my seconde best coveringe and to his 
wiffe a payre of flaxen sheetf of three breadf To my cosen Eliza- 
bethe Maysterson twentie shilling^ To my trustie frend John 
Wynne of the towne gent, xx^ for a remembraunce To Ithell 
Wynne in Molesdale xx* for a remembrance To Robert Yemonde 
one of my best cotes of clothe one payre of can^esse sheetf and xx" 
To Willia Hnrleston one of my clothe cotes and one payre of can- 
vesse sheets and x' To Richard Evans one dublett one payre of 
hose and x" To the late wyffe of John Davye being wydowe one 
payre of canvesse sheetf and v" To olde Harryson one dublett one 
payre of hose and v» To my frende Richard ffenowe my best yron 
bounde carte my best plowe and harrowe w^ pynnes To Robert 
Hudson twentye poundf to be paid w^in one monthe after my deathe 
my best geldinge but one that I shall chaunce to have at the tyme 
of ray decesse one fether bedd one flocke bedd w*^ two coverlettf 
nowe beinge upon his bedd fowre of my best shyrtf and my best 
doke To Robert Bretter fyve pounds my seconde cloke fowre of 
my shyrtf w*^ my best payre of bowtes To Margrett Webster ray 
late servante xx" To Ewen my servante xl' and one heffer To 
Jane Dymocke my servante xl" To Izabell Stevenson one blacke 
clothe gowne w«^ was my wyves seldom or never worne frynged w*'* 
frjmge lace To Elizabethe Gravenor Amye G. and ffrauncf G. my 
brother Anthonye his daughters the some of ten pound f equallie to 
be devjded amongest them as soone as they shall accomplishe the 
age of sixten yeres and if anye of them dye the syrvy vors to have 



156 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

theire por^ns To my s'vante Wyggan xi" To my s'yante Eathe- 
ren Bykarataffe x« To S' Wiftm Cowley pson of Dodleston the 
interest and terme w«^ I have in the tytbes of hygher and lower 
Eynerton apptayning to the rectorye of Dodleston v^ I hadd of 
the grannte of the said S' Wiihn Cowley upon condyoon that he 
suffer Eatheren Glegge wydowe late wyffe to Morgan Glegge de- 
cessed to ocoupye and enioye the tythe come of hygher and lower 
Eynerton as the said Morgan in his tyme and the said Eatheren 
synce the deathe of the said Morgan for yeres past have done du- 
rynge the lyffe of the said S' Wittm Cowley yf the said Eatheren so 
longe lyve and kepe her selffe sole and unmaryed as psentlye she is 
[she] payenge yerlie unto him the said S' WiUm Cowley in the 
feaste of All Sanctf suche rente as Morgan in his tyme and she 
sythens have ben aocustomed yerlie to paye to me To my trustye 
and worshippfuU kynnesman S' Thomas ffytzherbert knyghte one 
hoope rynge of golde that was my mothers To my sister Dorothie 
Savill^ one rynge of gold havinge in it a stone called a lode stone 
To my sister Bydgeley one hoope rynge that was my sister Eliza- 
bethes for a remembrance of my good will All the rest of my goodf 
I gyve to myne executors desyringe them to leave suche ymplementf 
as maye well be spared to ray said godsone Richard Gravenor to be 
lefte in the howsse when he shall accomplishe his fall age of one and 
twentye yeres And I make my cosen Thomas Egerton^ learned in 
the lawes my sole executor Item wheras Thomas Gravenor decessed 
standeth bounde to me in severall wrytingf obligatorye my will is 
that myne executors &o. shall take no advantage agaynst the heyres 

> She married first Bichard Wilbraham of Woodh^ Esq., (see Wills and Invenio- 
ri$i, portion i. p. 86,) and secondly Henry Sayile of Barrowby co. Lincoln Bsq. — 
Ormerod, toL ii. p. 454. 

s Thomas Egerton, afterwards Yisconnt Brackley, Lord Chancellor, ancestor of the 
Earls and Dnkes of Bridgewater. His father Sir Bichard Egerton of Bidley Knt. 
married Mary sister of the testator and widow of Thomas Leigh of Adlington Esq. — 
Ibid. vol. ii. p. 162. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 167 

of the said Thomas for non pformance of anye coveaanie contajned 
in wrytinge obligatorye bat onlie for not savinge me harmlesse or 
myne executors for the last will and testament of S' Thomas G. my 
brother decessed Present at the sealinge herof Wilhn Golley clerke 
Baffe Gravenor Robert Hudsone &o. This last wryten was wryten 
the XX] x^ of January 1579 [1679-80] thes beinge psent at the ao- 
knowledginge herof Baffe Grayenor and Thomas Bigmedon. 



THE WILL OF GEOBGE TRAFFOBD, GENT.* 



IN the name of God amen the xxx daye of the monthe of 
Marche mdlxxv I Gorge Trafforde in the countye of Lan- 
caster gent, beinge of whole mynde &c. My bodie to be 
buriede wher yt shall please God And I bequeth unto the hie alter 
of Manchester for tythes forgotten xx^ And unto the hie alter of 
Eocles in lykewyse xij^ And towarde repation when need ys of the 
sayde churche xiij' iiij^ And towardes the makinge of hye wayes 
where shalbe thoughte moste need to be made by myne executoures 
XX* and my will ys that xl^ shalbe in custodie of myne executors to 
the intent that thei shall therw^ wythin one yeare after my decease 
purchasse so much landf as maye be had for the saide some and yf 
thei cannot bestowe the saide xl^ in purchasinge of landf then 
[they] shall take so much landf in fearme as cane be gotten by 

> ProTod Deo. 18, 1672. It will be seen that thU will is dated in 1676, it is eTident 
therefore, as this is not the original will, that the copying clerk must have made the 
mistake. In confirmation of this it may be stated that the Bishop's order or license 
to Nicholas Daniel, before whom the will was prored, is dated Not. 19, 1672. The 
testator was a younger son of Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford Knt., by Eliiabeth 
daughter of Sir Balph Longford of Longford Knt^ and married Ellen daughter and 
sole heiress of William Boberts of Holbeck co. Lincoln. — Suffield M88, 



158 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

leasye And yf landf cannot be purchasede nor a layse of landf for 
1 yeares for paiment of the saide xl^ in name of a fine then myne 
exec shalbestowe the saide monye upon melche kye and thei to be 
putt forth for the hire or to the halff whether waye shalbe thought 
most profit and gaines And the increce that shall hereafter groo 
othere of Iand( purchaste ferme by lease taken or of kye my execu- 
tours yearlie shall distrubute unto the most poure and nedie menn 
that are householders w^^^ be chargede w^ childrene to the intente 
the (yf Godf lawf wyll pmitt it) shall daylie praye for my soule 
And I will that some wel disposede preste be apontted by my exec 
and my brother person of Wyllmyslow to say masse for my soule yf 
Oodf lawe be consonnte that yt so may be in that churche wher yt 
shall please God my bodie to be buriede the space of one halfe yeare 
after my deceasse and he to have therfore fy ve markf or els to be 
distrubitede to the poore And yf myne exec doe chance to bestowe 
the soine of xl^ a foresaide upon kle then as oflbe as anie of the kie 
doe age and dekaye that then the same kie shalbe solde and as manie 
yonge kie to be bought be myne executours to the extente that the 
stocke maye longe continue and the incresse therof to Grodf pleasure 
long to endure And my will is that after the desease of m}mn exec 
that then thei that heraftere shall chance to be wardene or rectoure 
of the churche of Manchester shall haue the distribution of all such 
enoresse &c. of the saide xl^ and thei yearlie to distrubit the same to 
such like poor menn in habitinge wythin the parrishes of Manchester 
Eccles and Prestwiche and I will that such personns as shall herafter 
travell and distribute unto the poore shalbe recompensede lyke to 
such peans as the shall take in the distributione as in biinge and 
sellinge of kie for menteanance and upholdinge of the stoke I be- 
queth all such choopes [copes] and vestimentes w^^ I haue that 
Wyttm Robert my fatherinlawe bought w«^ weare once the church 
goodf to be restorede againe for the servise of God unto the church 
wher yt shall please God my bodie to be buriede yf Godf lawe will 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 159 

suffer yt Unto the poore mene and womene inliabitinge in the town 
of Manchester the profittC of all my purchaset landf in the countie 
of Lyngcolne to be distributed yearlie I gyve &c. condicionallie all 
my fetherbedf and mattresses all my books and my apparell and all 
other my beddinge wyth all the bousters pillowes shittes blankettes 
coverlettes and coveringes or the price therof unto the saide poore 
people excepte one dublite of tinsell I doe geve &c. to the church 
of Willmyslowe yf Oodf lawe will permite the same to be made for 
such purpose mitte [meet] and conveniente to serve to henge over 
the sacramente or the price therof to be dealed to the poore and one 
other dublite of crimsine satten and one tynsell paned excepte one 
^ch I gQYQ J2;c. to Katren Langle my god doughter to make her 
force [?] slevs w^ and also excepte a tannic chamlite gowne yf yt 
be not wome out at the tyme of my deceasse w^^ I geve &c. unto 
the saide Eatrene to make hire a gaune of and one square of crim- 
sine satine wroughte w^^ pipes and pearle and also excepte two 
gownes the one of blake wolstede and another of russet satten w^^ 
I gyve &;c. unto my ij doughters Margrette and Elsabeth yf thei at 
the tyme of my desese be then unmarried or els the price to be 
dealed unto the poore and the ij best fetherbedes of all I geue unto 
my ij saide doughters w^^ ij blankettes ij coverlettes and the best 
coveringe a fetherbed of the worse sorte of viij fetherbedf and ij 
matrisses of the meane sorte w^ ij boulsters and coverlittes of like 
sortes to the seade bedes beloginge and ij of the beste peare of schittes 
and also excepte w<^ I geve &c. condicionallie unto Wilhn my sonne 
the forte parte of my brase and pewter vessel I gyve unto Thomas 
my bastarte sonne my best cofer one crosbowe one rape to the same 
and one jacke a sallet a peare of splentes a gorgete a peare of slyves 
of metalle one longe bowe and aU my saddles and bridles yf he wilbe 
govemede by my supervisore and vji^ xiij» iiij<* and the saied some to 
be put into some of his moste next frendt handf which is moste 
snbstantialste man in richesse and behavioure w<^ wilbe bounden 



160 LANCASHIRE ASD CHESHIRE WILLS. 

unto the saiede Thomas not onlie to occupie the sead some in a 
stocke most to the behoye and proGte of him but also wyth suerties 
to be bomiden wyth him as well to yerlie peay the increce of the 
said stoke as to redeliver againe to him all the saide some of vj^ xiij* 
iiijd when he shall come to the age of xviij jeares and yf yt fortune 
the saide Thomas to decease before he come to the age of xviij years 
or be possessed of his sead bequestes then I wyll that my ij doughters 
Mergrete and Elizabeth shall haue condicionallie the said vj^ xiij* iiij<^ 
betwixte them yf the be unmaried or els to be dealed to the poore 
And yf Wiihn my sonne deceasse before he come to the age of xxj 
years or be possessed of his bequeste then I will that my saede ij 
doughters shall haue all the saede bequestes to be devided betwene 
them yf thei be then unmarried or els to be distributed to the poore 
And yf the saide Willm my sonne Margrette and Elsabeth my 
doughters chance all thre to decease before the be possessede and the 
seaide Thomas my bastarde sonne survive theme all then the seade 
Thomas shall haue the one halfe of all my goodf before bequethede 
I will unto such poore people then inhabitinge in the towne of Man- 
chester to thentente they shall better remember to preaye for my soule 
and yf the seade Thomas die before he be possessede then sudi poore 
people as are housholderf in the pache of Manchester [shall] haue 
all that portione of goodf bequethed unto the seade Thomas And 
my will ys that Thomas my bastarde sonne when he commeth to the 
age of X years shalbe bounden prenties to some such honest crafte aa 
he maye best get a livinge by and y^ y« same psone who yt shall 
chance the saide Thorns to be pnties w^^ shall receue yearlie to the 
use of y^ saide Thorns towarde his findinge of the handf of theime 
w<* shall occupie the foresaide stoke of vj^i xiij» iiij^^ all the whole 
incresse of y« saide stocke he to bestowe on him so much as shall 
need and to make a trewe coupte of the same unto the saide Thorns 
when he oometh to the age of xviij^ yeares I will that all suche 
dettf and duties as I owe be peade by myne exec" and y^ y* deliver 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 161 

a pledge of iij riaUt of xv" a peoe unto Jhon Bordman of the parooh 
of Eokull [Eccles] takinge of him y^fore bot xl> and for the trewe 
declaraoone of all such dett(f as I nowe owe jb fortie shillingf to 
Lanrans Bncklaye and no more w<^ I will to be peade nnto him 
w^oute delaye I bequeth unto Jhon Fletcher of Stretford because 
he js a poore mane xiij" iiij<^ and unto James Breerleey my tennte 
vj« viij* I will y* all y« reside we of my dettf owinge me my goodf 
cattell and coyne gould and silver plate and jeuellf be equallie devi- 
ded betwen my two doughters^ Margrette and Elsabeth yf thei be 
then unmariede and yf both or other of them be mariede at my de- 
cease then all the bequestC of booth or one mariede to be to y^ poore 
And yf yt chanch that the said Wittm my sonne die w^ut ysue all 
my landf shalbe and remayne unto Edmund Trafforde esquiere and 
his heres accordinge unto co\rnt betwexte the seaid Edmunde and me 
I will my fiinerall be nothinge sumptuous nor vaynglorious but all 
things to be done moste for the welth and pfitt of my soule That 
yf Edmund Trafforde doe not marie my ij doughters wythin ij years 
after the date of his covnt that then my ij doughters shall haue ther 
seade bequests or els not but to the poore My will ys y* my sup- 
visoure have the custodie and governance of Wiftm my sonne yf he 
therunto will agree and yf he will not then to haue no bequestes and 
I will that my doughters til the chance to come to mariage be go- 
verned according to such covntf as ys ex^ssed in a payre of inden- 
tures betwixte Edmunde Trafforde esquier and me as also thei 
both to be maried by his advise or els yey to haue no bequestC And 
I make my trust ie brother Henrye Trafforde^ psone of the church of 
Willmyslow and my brother Thomas Trafford myne executours I 
bequeth to everie of theme for thire labore fore markf And I make 

> In Jane 1573, Edmund Davenport husband of Margaret, and Hugh Eooles hus- 
band of Elizabeth^ both daughters of G^eorge Trafford gent, deceased, were parties to 
proceedings in the Consistory Court at Chester against Thomas Trafford gent., ex- 
ecutor of the will of the said Oeorge Trafford. 

* See his Will, p. 18, supra. 

II. Y 



162 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my trustie nevewe Edmunde Trafforde esquier overseer and he to 
have fyve markf These wytnesse &c. Sir Thomas Dodsonn clerck 
Bjoharde Aspinall of the townshippe of Prestwjshe Robert Seddone 
Williame Morton Lanrance Buckley Sir Henrie Trafford Sir Roger 
Ho3he Sir Wiftm Trafford preste. 



THE INVENTORY OP LADY BYRON, DEOEASSED. 



March 16, 1680 [1580-1]. j ffetherbed j boulster and j pyllowe 
XXX" — ij covarlettf and ij blanckettf xvj» viij^ — j conntarpoynte 
of mockadowe viij» — ij cowrsse cobborde clothes iij» iiij* — j graye 
mantell j" viij^ — iij queshenes of vestementf and ij other ould ones 
viij" — ij payre of fflaxsone shettf and ij pyllowe beares xiij» iiij** — 
j small pestell and morter j thynne sylver spone and j smalle pewter 
pece iij» — ij smockf ij pattlettf ij table napkynes ij towelles v* iiij^ 

— iij hodtrenes j mossell j creppyne ould of velvett and j gorgett of 
taffeta vij« — j gowne of damaske forred throw w*** lambe xxvj« viij^ 
— j kyrtell of velvett xiiij" — j fforparte of a kyrtell porpell satten 
yj§ viij* — j fforparte of a kyrtell of wosted and j of mockadowe iij« 
— j pettycote of brystowe redde ould iij» iiij* — j saddell for a jentel- 
woman w*^ a cover of velvett and a brydell ffor the same xxvj^ viij* 

— ij ooffares j small and the other bygger yf viij* — j payre of 
toungf j» viij* — j spynnynge whele j« x* — j pewter pynte potte vj* 
Soma jx^* vij' iiij* 

Endorsed — " The Inventory of the goods of the La. Byron late 
decessed exhibited into the office March 17, 1580, whereof Lres of 
Admon were granted to S' John Byron, March 1st, 1580*' [1580-1.] 

> Elisabeth daughter of William Costerden (of Balph Costerden of BUeley, mil- 
ler— ^arZ. HISS. 1174, fo. 65) and widow of Qeorge Halgh of Halgh co. Lancaster— 
Edmnndson, toI. ir. p. 890. She was buried at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, 
25th August, 1580. See ako StanUff Poftrif part ii. p. 164. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 163 

THE WILL OF THOMAS BADOLYFF OP 
FOXDENTON, ESQ.* 



IN the name &o. 2 October 9 Elizabeth I Thomas Badolyff of 
Fozdenton in the countje of Lancaster esquire beying of good 
&c. and mj bodye to be buried in the paroche church of Oldn [Old- 
ham] nere unto the place where mye wyffe was buried I bequethe 
unto Eatryn B. my doughter yet beyng unpferred and unmaryed 
the sume of on hundrethe markes for her full filiall parte of goodC 
To mye base doughter Neoles BadclyfFe the sume of on hundrethe 
markes To my base doughter Alice B. now dwellynge w^ Bobart 
Pker tene pound^ To my doughter Elyn wyffe of Wittm Loggyn 
tene poundes To Margarethe mye doughter wyffe of Henrye Far- 
nell tene poundf To Elizabethe my doughter wyffe of Christopher 
Fleeoher tene poundes To An my doughter wyffe of John Lukyn 
tene poundf To John B. mye bastard sonn fyve markes To 
Margarethe Singgilton my servaunt woman fyve markes To 
Wyttm Ogden my servaunte mane xx» To Wj^m Dicsu mye 
servaunte boye xx^ Unto John B. mye younger sonn all [my] 
goodf cattals dettes &c. wyche is wTthin Yorkeshyre To Bobart 
Hulme on fetherbed on bolster iij blankettes ij payre of flaxen shetes 

coverlet of white and greane I gyve &c. all the rest of mye 

goodf heretofore not bequethed pt to mye frendes and pt to the pore 
howse holders of thys paroche att the discretion of mye executors 
wythe the advoyce of mye overseers And where I the sayd Thomas^ 
have taken bye lease of Mays? person of Fstwyche the moytye of the 
tythe ptaynyng to Denton^ bame therfore yt is my wyl that the 
advantage therof besides the rent and other charges to y^ same be- 

' Prored 27th April, 1668. The testator's post mortem inquisition was held 10 
Elizabeth, at which time his son and heir William was fortj years of age. 
' Fozdenton. 



164 LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILL0. 

longeiDg done shall be towardes helpyng of mje sayd ij doughtors 

unmaryed or to either of them for the space of seven yeres 

then to remayne unto the lord of thys my howse of Denton to per- 
forme and fulfyll thys mye last wyll or testament I do ordayne &c. 

mye twreu and leafull executors Badclyffe mye sonn and 

S' Rogger Wriglaye clerke and curate of Olda and for the 

ys mye last wyll and testament I have as vrell setto mye hand &c. 
desirynge my trustye and welbeloved to be supvisers of thys mye 
sayd last will Wittm Mullinys esquire Edward Standishe esquire 
and Alizander Badclyffe esquire. 

Addytions by me the sayed Thomas Badclyffo. 
M^ that these guiddes and legaysyes heretofore bequethed unto 
John B. mye sonn to Elyne wyfe of Willyam Loggyn mye daughter 
Margarethe wyve of Henrye Farnell Elizabeth Wyfe of Xtopher 
Fleecher and Ann wife of John Lukyn shall be in full recompense 
of there filiall chyldf part Also yt is my wyll that my sayd ex- 
ecute" shall occupye all my demayne landc ffor the use of thys mye 
sayed wyll tyl the feast of Philipp and Jacob next and that Willm 
B. my eldest sonn shall paye wythin on hole yere next [after my] 
decesse on hundrethe poundes towardes the use and accomplishe- 
ment of thys mye [last] wyll or testament. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM BBIDGES, PBIEST.^ 



IN dei noie Amen 10 March 1635 [1535-6] I Willm Bridges 
priest Maisr of Gramer make my Testament &c. my bodye 
to be buried nyghe unto the quere syde of the holie Appostle Saynte 
James in the church of All Halowes in Macclesfeld where I say 
deylie masse Also I wyll that uppon the day of my bury all there 

^ No date of probate. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 165 

be thryttie prestC to synge and saye Saynte Gregoriey Trentall the 
same day (yf so many can be convenyentlye gotten) for my soule 
my ffather and mothers sonles fibr my M' S' John Psyvale^ knyghts 
sonle and all cristen soules And especyallye for all those soules 
that I am and haue ben bownden to prey for I will that all those 
preistf that can conveenyentlie be gotten to the intent above seid 
schall synge and say placebo and dirige ov nyght and the comeuda- 
cone in the mornyng and evy preist so doynge to haue viij^ and e?y 
pson vicare and pysche preiste being of the seid nombre to have zij^ 
besechyng theym all devoutlye to prey for my soule and all the 
soules above rehersed I wyll that evy scolere resortyng to the Gram) 
Scole in Macolesfeld then that can synge have ij^ and e\^y other of 
theym to haue j^ I wyll that myn executors schall cause to be 
made fyve torches evy torche to be of the pryoe of iij" iiij<^ in the 
wurshyppe of the fyve pryncypall woundf of oure Savyoure Jesus 
Griste redemer of mankynd the wiche fyve torches I will that fyve 
pore men schall hold and bayre whylest the dirige and masse withe 
the observncC schalbe in doynge And evy one of theym so doyng 
schall have iiij^ and a payr of baydc the price j^ I will that myn 
executors cause to be made fyve tapurs e^y tapur of a pownde of 
wexe wiche tapurs I will schall bren oontynuallie at placebo dirige 
and messe ov my bodye unto hitt be buryed And I will that myn 
executors do compownd for the torches so that afr my bodye be 
buryed they be distributed as folowethe one to the hie Aidter the 
second to oure ladyes aulr the thrydde to the hoolie rodf aulr and 
the fourthe and fyfte to the aulr of the hoolie Appostle Saynt James 
afor the wich my bodye is buryed I will that myn executors in the 
thrittie day afr my bodye be buried cause a trentall of masses to be 
seid and songen for my soule and for all crysten soules yf so many 

^ Sir Jolm Percyyale, sometime Lord Major of London, was the first founder of 
Macclesfield School, which he endowed (by will dated 25 January 1502) with lands 
then Talued at £10 per annum. — Onnerod, toI. iii. p. 366. 



166 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

can be convenjentlie gotten And if not that then hitt may be in 
the next day folowyng fidlfylled and accomplestched and that e9y 
preist being and syngyng of the said trentall to have evy of theym 
yj^ and e9y pson and vicare being of the same nombre to haue viij^ 
praying theym all of theire charitie devontlie to prey for my sonle 
and the soules above rehersed withe all cristen soides I will that 
my executors do cause a fre ston of mason work to be layde uppon 
my grave with the ymage of a prest graduate maiex of gram] made 
of laten to be sett in the same ston and a chalyce of the same with 
this text ascendyng from hym P passione et cruore tua libera me 
Dne Jesu Griste I gyff to the hie ault the longest towell that I haue 
to be ther used at the tyme of Est afore theym that then schall re- 
sayve the holie sacrament in forme of bredde To evy one of my 
godde sonnes vj** And to evy of my godde doughters xy^ To e9y 
god chyld son and doughr that I have confirmed at the Byschoppe 
iiij^ to prey for my soule and all cristen soules I gyff &c. xl" to 
make myn obyte yerlie as longe as the seid xl' wyll last by the dis- 
creston of myn executors yerlie a porc5n of the same to be lymytted 
To my god dought Mergarett Greswall xl" toward^ here maryage 
To my syster Agnes xl» To Baufe Bradsha my sys? son vj» viij^ 
To the wyff of the said Baufe vj» viij^ To John Ryle my cown? 
that standf in my chamber To his wyff Alyce my sysS dough? v 
markf the bet? sylver gobblett and a maser To John Hall of the 
Broken Crosse vij^^ that he doth owe unto me towarde the maryage 
of his three doughters that is to witt fyve pownd to be devyded 
amongf theym and xl" to his son Wilhn Hall to goo forwardf with 
hym To Elizabeth wyffe of the seid John Hall my kynneswoman 
x» To Agnes Greves xl« And to Isabell hyr dough? vj» viij* To 
one of the sonnes of Robert Bancrofte of Addeswudde that goeth to 
the scole x« To his brother Alexander x* To Emme theire syster 
xx» To Maistres Lyvsage vj" viij^ To e9y honest householder in 
the town of Macclesfeld xij^ by the dyscrecson of myn executors 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 167 

Unto M' Charles Parsons pson of Oulmyngton one pte of 

praying hym to pray for my soule Unto Sir Henrie Knyght my 
gowne lyned with Saynt Thorns wullstedd Unto my cosyn Jone 
Damport of Wheltronghe my bedde that I now lie iu even as hitt 
stondf and xx^ of that her fader oweth unto me and xx> more Unto 
Banfe Holynzed' my scoler yj* viijd Unto Alyce Hall my servnde 
yj^ viij* Unto Oecelie Macdesfeld vj» viij^ I will that all suche 
plate as I schall have at the tyme of my depture from this uncerten 
lyfe and all other my goodf and cattallf what so ev they be not be- 
quethed to be sold by myn executors for the true pformaunce of this 
my last will The resydue of my goodes and cattail^ I will hitt 
schall be disposed by the dyscrescon of myn executors To cure 
ladye chappell of the Middleswych xl" to make reppacdn of the same 
as schall be thought most necessarie Unto Baufe Holynzed my 
horse Unto Lawrence Pott my tenntf wyffe one kowe To Alyce 
Hall and to one of hyr systers either of theym one kowe Unto 
Edward Psons vj' viij^ I will and charge my executors that whef 
hitt can be pved trouth that I haue done ony injurie or wronge to 
ony man or ony thyng that I am in dett to ony bodye that my seid 
executors schall agre with theym and to discharge me as mooche as 
in theym lyeth I make William Davenport of Bramhall John 
Leghe of the Bothe esquiers John Halle of the Broken Orosse and 
Sir Lawrence Payne chaplen my true and lawfnll executors to fful- 
fylle this my last will for the welthe of my saul as they woll awnswur 
afore God in the dredfuU daye of jugement And my goode m^ Sir 
Edwarde ffitton knyght to be o^^seer to whom I gififo &c. j silver 
salte w* the oo9 To M' John Leghe of the Booth v markf y^ he 

1 There can be little donbt that this is the fiunous old Chronicler of England who 
was bom near Macclesfield, but of whose life so little is known. The date of his 
birth has escaped the researches of his biographers, but he died abont 1580. Balph 
or Baphael Holinshed first published the Chronicles which go under his name in two 
Tob. fol. 1677. 



168 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

doth owghe unto me and j silv fflatte pece olde gilted And to evj 
other of myn execntors whom I have geven nothyng unto x> desy- 
ryng theym to take some payne to see this my last will be performed 
These beyng wyttnes Thorns Parsons alderman of Macclesfeld 
Edwarde Jackson Roger Stubbes and other. Km to M' William 
Sutton one pte of lyre (0 



THE WILL OF RICHARD RAWSTORNE OF 
LUMM, GENT.* 



IN the name of God So be it 6 December 1580 I Richard 
Rawstorne of the Lome w^in the com. of Lane. gent, ffirste 
I bequethe my soule &c. Secondly I geve my bodie to be buryed 
w^in the pishe churche of Burye Thredlye after my dettf paid I 
bequethe my worldly goods and cattellf to be mynistred into three 
equall ptes The first pte to me the said Richard R. The seconde 
pte to Agnes my wyfie And the thredd pte to these three my chil- 
dren Adam R. clerke psone of Byrcham Newton Lawrence R. 
scoler and Elyn wyfie of Thomas ffyshe And of that pte of goods 
and cattellf pteyninge to me I geve xij^ thereof unto everye childe 
that I am graundfather unto Also to ev^y childe that I am god- 

^ Proyed 8rd January, 1580-81. Richard son of Adam Kawstome of Lamm gent, 
married Anne or Agnes Nuttall of Nuttall in the parish of Bury, by whom he had 
issue Richard his eldest son, Adam Rawstorne Rector of Bircham Newton oo. Nor- 
folk, Laurence Rawstorne, Ellinor wife of Thomas Fish, Isabel wife of Howarth, 

Alice wife of George Nuttall of Golynrode, and several others who died young. 
Edward Rawstorne of Lumm, great grandson of the testator, left an only daughter 
and heiress, Elizabeth, who married Thomas acventh pon of JohTi Bradshaw Esq. of 
Bradshaw. Their grandson Rawstorne Bradshaw inheriting the estate much encum- 
bered with debts so)d it in 1726 to Miles Lonsdale Esq. — From the FandUf Vedigree 
drawn up in 1737. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 169 

fiither unto xij^ I bequethe one meale arke foure bedstockes one 
longe settle and one sydde horde w^ other hordes he}mge at Han- 
eooke unto Agnes my wyffe for the terme of hir lyffe and after hir 
decesse unto the said Lawrence B. my sonne and to his assignes for 
ever Also I will &o. that the greate arke in the chamber two bed- 
stockes one folden horde and one sydde horde in the halle shall con- 
tynewe and remane as heirelomes in my capitall house of the Lome 
to [my] righte heires for ever And what so ever remanethe of my 
pte of goods and cattellf I bequethe the same to remane hoUye unto 
Bichard B. my eldeste sonne the said Adam B. clerke and the said 
Lawrence B. sooler and to their assignes for ever %nally I make 
the said Agnes my wyfie and the said Lawrence my sonne my ex- 
ecutors My cozen Edward Bawstome and the said Bichard B. my 
eldeste sonne to be supvisors &c. In wyttenes &c. 



THE WILL OP EDMUND ASSHETON OF 
CHADDEBTON, ESQ.* 



IN the name &c. 19 August 25 Elizabeth I Edmund Assheton 
of Ghattton in the oountie of Lancast esquier beinge sycke &c. 
And for my body to be buryed in the church of Oldham togather 
w* my brethren in hope &c. And for my goodf and cattelf I will 
to be bestowed in manor folowinge ffirst wheras I have graunted divse 
and sundry anneweties and yerly rente charge yssuing owt of di9se 

1 Proyed 8th October, 1584, The testator was fourth in descent from Edmund 
Ashton (second son of Sir Thomas Ashton of Ashton-under-Lyne) of Chadderton in 
right of his wife Johanna daughter and coheiress of Bichard Badcliffe of Chadderton 
Esq. His descendant the Bey. William Assheton B.D. Bector of Frestwich in 1685, 
was the last heir male of the family, and dying in 1731, left two daughters and co- 
heiresses, Catherine who married John Blackburne of Orford Esq. ancestor of John 
Ireland Blackburne Esq. of Hale, and Dorothy who married Sir Darcy Leyer of Al- 
dington Knt. — Sv^ld M8S, See Notiiia CeHrienns, yoL ii. part i, pp. 108, 118. 
II. Z 



170 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my landf and tenem^f unto my sonnes cosins and serv'ntt; for tearme 
of there sevall lyves And for that I would be glad that the same 
mayebe justly and trewly paed and to the intente that my sonne 
and heire apparante James A. and whosoe^^ after him shalbe in- 
herytoure of Ghatterton maye the more ezely discharge the same I 
give &c. unto my saied sonne and heire apparant James A. and the 
heires males of his body &c. the use and occupacdn of the rectorie 
and psonage of fframptonn and Wykes demaynes w^Mn the countye 
of Lincolne and a lease of the tythes of ottc and grayne in the tounes 
of Oldham Eloyton and Ghatterton And yf the same James A. 
happen to die w^wte heire male of his body &o. Then I give &c. 
the said use &c. of the rectorye and psonage of fframpton and Wykes 
daymaines and the lease of the said tythes of come and grayne in 
Oldham Ghatterton and Boyton unto whom so ev shalbe owner and 
inherytoure of Ghatterton for the tyme beinge I give &c. all my 
right in one lease and tearme of yeros of Hasselhurste now in the 
tenure of William Ashemale remayninge after the desease of the said 
William A. unto my sonne Richard Assheton To James Assheton 
my kinsman Bachellor of Arte in Cambridge tenn poundf yerly 
during the contynewance of the saied lease of fframpton yf hee the 
said James A. lyve so longe To my nece Isabell Bradshawe one 
silv pootte of the value of fyve poundf To M' Vicker of Rachdale^ 
ffortie shilling^ for a remembrance to contynewe cure old ffrend- 
shippe To my sonninlawe Edmund Hoppwood and AUys his wyffe 
twenty poundf To Edmund Assheton my sonne ten poundf To 
Richard A. my sonne tenn poundf I constitut &c. my welbeloved 
sonne James A. my sole executor To Alice Hawworjthe fourtie 
shilling^ to be payed at the daye of hir manage. 

^ The Key. Richard Midglej, Chaplain to Henry Earl of Derby, and Yicar of Booh- 
dale from 1561 to 1595. For some interesting notices of this worthy man see Stan^ 
ley Papers, part ii. pp. 177 - 183. Chetham series. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 171 

THE TV ILL OF ROBERT HOLTE OF 
STUBLEY, ESQ.* 



IN the name &c. 20 April 1561 I Robert Holt of Stubley in 
the countie of Lane, esquire &c. My bodie to be buried in y« 
chaunsell w^Mn the peroche churche at Rachdale or elswhere it shall 
plese God to dispose I will that all such dettf as I do owe shalbe 
payd &c. And after my sayd dettf payd and my funerall expenses 
fynyshed I will that my sayd goodf shalbe devided in thre equall 
ptes wherof I will that Isabell my wyfe shall have one equale pte to 
her owne pper use for and in the name of all her thrydd pte &o. 
And the second pte I bequeth to Frauncf my sone Margerie and 
Elin my doughters equallie to be devided amongest them for and in 
the name of there full and lawfuU childf pte And if any of the sayd 
ifrancf Margerie or Elyn my chylderen shall fortune to dye afore 
the shall accomplyshe the full age of xxj yeres and before that tyme 
be not maried that the the survyvor or survyvors of my sayd chyl- 
deren shall have the porcio of such chyld that shall so fortune to dye 
And y® thrid equall part &c. I reserve to my executors therw^ to 
pforme my legacies that is to saye fyrst I geve toward^ the repra- 
cions of y® sayd churche of Rachedale vj» viij* To Charles Holt my 
sone and here apparant all my cartf waynes plowes yokes harowes 
w* all other implement^ apptenyge to husbandrie w*^ do now remay 
at Stubley To y« sayd Charles all my harnes nowe beyng at Stubley 
and all my silyng timbre trustyg that he wilbe good to his mother 

^ No date of probate. The testator married Isabel daughter of Koger Walkden of 
Foraxe gent, by whom he had an eldest son Charles Holte who married Mary dangh* 
ter and ooheireas of Robert Holte of Stubley Esq. by his wife Cicely daughter of 
Andrew Barton of Smethills. — See pp. 87, 88. Robert Holte's post mortem inqui* 
sition was held 8rd Elizabeth, at which time his son Charles was eighteen years 
of age. 



172 tANCASBIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

and to his brother and sisters To the sayd Charles all such here 
lomes as Robert Holt late of Stubley th'eliiP esquire deceassed did 
leve by his last will to remaine at Stubley as here lomes w^ be now 
in the handc rule and governanc of M' Bauff Barton y* fourt pte of 
y« pfytt of y* Browne* w* y« fort pte of y« copiehold landf w<* I 
oughe to have as pcell of y^ mariage goodf of Marie Holt now wyfie 
to y« sayd Charles To Isabell my wiffe Franncf Margerie and Elin 
my childeren all my intrest and terme of y* sayd Browne which I 
have fro yere to yere of y® sayd Bauff Barton and Henrie Sayvell 
payeng the rent accordynglie To y« servyce at Litelbroughe viij" 
To y« children of Boger Holt my brother vj« viij^ to bie the shepe 
w*all Unto y* children of Charles Holt my brother vj» viij<* to be 
wared upon shepe Unto y« children of Lawrenc Kaye yf viij^ to 
be bestowed upon shepe To y« sayd Isabell my wyffe Francf Mar- 
garie and Elin my sayd childeren tenne oxen gates in Haslome heye^ 
w<* I have payd for to Bichard Holt for vj yeres yet to come To 
Boger Holt my brother all my intrest and terme in one tent in 
Holcome heye w*'** I have bie vertue of one bargyne ffrom Gteorg 
Werberto and that the [said] Boger shall have y® same in as large 
ma& as y^ sayd Georg ought to have done by force of one graunt 
made unto him by Bobert Holt late of Stubley y« younger esquire 
deceassed I geve &c. y« some of tow hundreth markf w**^ is due 
unto me for y® mariage of Charles Holt my sayd sone and here ap- 
parant by reasd of the last will and testamet and other mynymetf 
wryttyngf of y« sayd Bobert Holt y« yonger to Margerie and Elyn 
my sayd doughters to be equallie devided betwyx the and if ether of 
my sayd doughters shall fortune to die afore she shall accoplishe y* 
full age of xxj yeres and before that tyme be not maried that the y« 
survyvor shall have such porcion of such doughters y^ shall so for- 
tune to dye Where as I the sayd Bobert Holt have taken by lease 

' The farm now known as Browne Lodge, near Stublej. 
^ In the pariah of Bury. 



LANCASHIBB AND CHB8HIBB WILLS. 173 

of y* sayd Baufe Barton and Henrie Sayvell and otbere w«^ lease 
beyritbe date y« 10 April 3-4 Philip and Mary certen meases landf 
&c. coveed and assnred by y« sayd Robert Holt y« younger to Robert 
Barton esquire and others y« cooffefees to certen uses and intentf 
mecioned in one payre of indentures beyryng date 8 March 3-4 
Philip and Mary mad betwyx the sayd Rauff Barton and Henrie 
Sayvell uppon y« one pte and me y« sayd Robert Holte one y* other 
pte payeng yerelye for y^ same fourtye markf I geve &c. y^ sayd 
lease to y* sayd Charles Holt my sayd sone and here apparant du- 
ryng all y« terme of y« same so that y* sayd Charles wilbe cotent 
quyetlye to pmytte my sayd tow doughters to receve y« sayd ij hun- 
dreth markes other wyse I will y* y« sayd lease shall pase to my ex- 
ecutors I will that my seruntf John Holt Roger my brother Hen- 
rie Holt Wyirm Deurden Edmude Mylne Edmude Holland and 
James Holt shall have evy of the one blake coate and y« resydue 
of all my pte of goodf my dettf beyng payd &o. I holly geve to 
my sayd doughters Margerie and Elin equallye to be devyded be- 
twene them I make y« sayd Isabell my wyffe Margerie and Elyn 
my doughters my true and faythfuU executors to execute this my 
last wyll as the shall answere before God and I shall desire M' Hol- 
land esquire Roger Holt my brother and Frances Walkeden to be 
supvisors of the same to se it executed accordynglie These wit- 
nesses Richard Holt S' John ChetK m clarke and Edmude Mylne 

Inventoriu omniu bono^ et catallo^ que fuernt Roberti Holt nup 
de Stubley armig die quo obiit app^ciat p Edmudu Whithede Ed- 
mudu Kirshaghe Robertu Stott et Jacobu Heylewell fide dignos 
Inp^is viij oxen xxj^* vj« viij^ — ij bullf and one seg§ iiiji* — xvij 
kyen xxviij^i vj« viij^ — ij heifers liij» iiij^ — iiij steres vj^i xiij» iiij^ — 
vij twinters viji* — x styrkes vj^* xiij» iiij^ — on geldynge iij^ vj« viij^ 
— one stagge iij^^ — iij mares vj^i — jx schore shepe xxj^ — fyve 
swyne xl« — in mayle and malte x^* — jx fether bedf jx bolsters vj 
pillowes w* pillowbers vji» — iij mattresses xx" — xjx coverlet^ v^ — 



174 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

XX payre of shetf v^^ — xx payre of blankettf iiij^^ — iiij coveryngf 
for beddf xxx» —a sylv salt and xiiij spones viij^ — in brase and 
masselen v^ — arkes and chystf iij*' — in pewter vessell xx" — 
stonndf kayres basens w%dl implemetf of howsehold xx> — ij cover- 
yngf for a table w* a coveryng for a cubbard xij« — viij bonrdf 
clothes ij cuppebourd clothes v towels and x napkens xl" — a payre 
of standyng bedd stock f w* a payre of whele bedd stockf y« hang- 
yngf and a cuppebourd in my lords chambre xxij" — ij payre of bedd 
stockes y* hangyngf a cubberd a long bord and a forme in y* greite 
chambre xviij' liij^ — tow payre of bedd stockf w^ hangyngf and a 
cubbourd in y« chappell chambre and in y^ iner chambre xiij* iiij<^ — 
a cuppebourd w* a joyned fourme in y« new parlore vj* viij^ — a 
cuppebourde in y« hale vj" viij^ — a longe bourde and ij loose formes 
in the hale iij" iiij* — a chimney of iron in y« hale xxvj» viij<* — a 
payre of standyng bed stockf a table w* trestles in y« inner plore vij« 
— ij payre of bedstockf a cupbourd and a lose bourd in y^ old plore 
xiij» iiijd — ij payre of beddstockes in S' Myghellf chambre v« — a 
payre of bedstockf in y« chambre w*out xx* — ij chystf and one lose 
bord in y« closet iiij« — viij payre of bedstockf at y« Whit wale x« — 
in beyff bacon and salt vij^ — a spit and a gawbe iron iij* — vj 
cheres and viij chusshens x" — iiij payre of tongf ij» — jx seackf and 
ij wynnowshetf xxj« iij* — a heire x« — in woU and cloth xlv« — 
in flaxe and linen cloth xiij» iiij<^ — cartf wanes plowes harrowes 
yokes w*all implement^ belongyng to husbandri xl» — in sylyng 
tymbre^ xl» — cowp tymbre x" — sawen bordf x" — barked lether 
xx». 

[No sum total mentioned.] 

^ >.e. timber used for wainscot. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 175 



THE WILL OF DAME MAUD GROSVENOB OF INOE.i 



IN the name &o. 9 November 1582 I Dame Mawde Grosve- 
nor of Ince ffirste &c. and my bodie to bee buried in the churche 
of Ince I give xl" towardes the repayring of the chancell of Ince 
To Mawde llunte xx^* To Margerett Case x'' To Jane fflecher x^* 
To my Sonne Richard Grosvenor xV* To Richard Bromley vj^ xiij« 
iiijd ^ch gr Rowland Stanley oweth to mee To Little John fflecher 
y^ To Sutton v^* To Richard Howggsley v^ To George Power 
xl» To Thomas Wrighte the boye x» To e9ie of my servantf a 
halfe yeares wagf To my sonne Shalcrosse and his wief x^ To 
my nephue Richard Grosvenor my best silver cuppe To my nephne 
Thomas Grosvenor a silver cuppe To my nephue Richard his wief 
a silver cuppe To my cosen John Fradsham and his wief ij kyne 
To my daughter Masterson a lyttle silver salte gilte To my cosen 
M' William firadsham all my timber lying in the courte for build- 
inge To Laurance Haie and his wief ij heyffers To Thomas Hyne 
the bayliffe ij bullockf To Humfrie Shawre a heiffer To Dorothea 
Garington a young heiffer To Henry Heills a young beaste To 
my cosen M' Edward ffradsham a younge beaste To Richard 
Bromley xx shepe To Roger Blackden xx shepe To Roger Bris- 
cowe iij^ To old Alice iiij^^ To S' Thomas Hale x*" To the clarke 
v« To my cosen M' Thomas Bunburie the bedd in the lyttle cham- 
ber nexte the windowe To Margrett Jarratt the bedd shee lyeth in 
and the bedd stoole I forgive my cosen Richard Hurleston the iij^^ 
w^ hee oweth mee To Roger Blackden the bedd hee lyeth in I 

1 Prored I7th Norember, 1682. Mand daughter of Sir William Poole of Poole 
eottnty of Chester Knt. married first Sir Thomas Qrosyenor of Eaton Ejit. bj whom 
she had a son and heir Thomas, Biohard who died unmarried, Elizabeth wife of Rich- 
ard Maisterson of Nantwich Esq., Oatherine wife of Biohard Hunt and afterwards of 
Biohard Shalcross Esq., and Grace wife of John Massie of Coddington Esq. The 
testatrix afterwards married Bobert Fletcher of Inoe. — Ormerod, yol. ii. p. 464. 



176 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 

give all ray goodf &c. my dettf legasies and fiineralle expenses dis- 
charged to my Sonne Bicliard Grosvenor To Edward Oewley x 
sheepe To Maior ffradsham x" To M^ Marie ffradsham a payre 
of sheetf To old M™ ffradsham a payre of sheetf A payre of 
narrowe sheetf to Anne Watts To my sonne Richard 6. the greate 
bedde To my sonne Masterson a bedde To my sonne Shalcrosse 
a bedde I make my welbeloved in Ghriste Thomas Bunburie esquier 
William ffradsham gent Biohard G-. my sonne and my sonne in lawe 
Shalcrosse my executors Delivered as the laste will and testamente 
of Dame Mawde Grosvenor in psenoe of John ffradsham John ffrads- 
ham clarke Edward Oewley. 



THE WILL OF JASPER WORTHE OF 
TITHERINGTON, ESQ.* 



IN the name &c. 18 February 1672 [1572-3] I Jasper Worthe 
of Tydrington in the parish of Prestburie esquier &c. My 
bodie to be buryed in St. Nicholas Chappell within Prestburie 
churche I wyll that Thomas Jaxon Humfrey Swyndels John Har- 
bor of Poole and John Barbor of Golde Harber shalbe the praysers 
of all my goodf and catalles who for their paynes shall have everye 
one ten shillingf To Ales my wife threscore poundes To Philippe 
Worthe my sonne and heire twentie pound f To Edwarde W. my 
younger sonne twentye poundes To ffrauncf W. my youngest sonne 
twentie poundf To Jone my bastarde doughter twentye poundf 
To my nese Margarette Draycote doughter of George Draycote sex 
poundes over and besydes fourtene pounds which I owe unto the 

' Proyed 16th March, 1672-8. Jasper son of SewaU Worth of Titberington Esq. 
by Isabell daughter of John Satton of Sutton tnarried Alice daughter of Sir Philip 
Drajcott of Painsley and had issue Philip, who married Margaret daughter of Boger 
Downes of Shrigley Esq., Edward, Richard and Francis. — Ormerod, toI. iii. p. 860. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 177 

said Margarette To Tliomaayn Johnson and Margarette Andrewe 
my wiffes maydea eyther of them twentie shiUingt It is ray will 
that the saide Edwarde W. and ffirancC W. my sonnes shalbe truly 
payed eyther of theim fonre markes yearely duringe their lyves ac- 
oordynge as I have all readye appoynted by two my severall deedes 
All the rest of my goodes &c. shalbe equally devided betweene Ales 
my wife and Philippe Worthe my sonne and heire whoe I make my 
executor These beyinge witnesses Edmunde Newsom clerke vioar 
of Prestburie &;c. 



THE WILL OF PHILIP WORTHE OF 
TITHEBINGTON, ESQ.' 



IN the name &c. 30 September 1581 I Phillippe Woorthe of 
Tydrington in the parisshe of Prestburye esquyer &c. to be 
buryed in the parisshe churche of Prestburye nere unto the place 
wheare my father was buryed To my sonne Jasper my clocke and 
all suche selynge and glasse as I now have at Tydrington Hall and 
the wyndowes theare and one greate lokynge glasse which standeth 
in the parlor to remayne to the said Jasper and snohe as shall 
happen to be his heire heareafter I geve &c. xl> to be bestowed 
amongest the poore in Prestburye parisshe that is to saye xx" 
amongest the poore w^in Macclesfelde and the other xx" to the 
poore dwellynge oute of Macclesfeilde and w^Mn Prestburye parisshe 
To eyerie suche my servaunte as shall weare my clothe x* and to 
every other w<^ shalbe my servaunte man or woman at the tyme of 
my deathe fyve shilling^ I desyre my trusty ffrendes and neigh- 
boures Thomas Jaxon Bauffe Growther John Barbor of the Poole 
and John Barbor of the Oolde Harbor to be the prwysors of my 

» Proyed 1581. 



178 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

goodes And I geve unto the saide foure prwysors twentye Bhillingf 
for their paynes in prwysynge to be equally devided amongest them 
All the rest of my goodes I will shalbe equally devided into three 
partes wheareof I will my wife to have one parte and that my dettf 
and my funerall shalbe discharged of the other two partes And the 
rest I geve to my sonnes to be equally devided betwene theim I 
make Margarette now my wyfe and Jasper my sonne my executors 
And I desyre the righte worshipiull and my trustye ffrende Thomas 
Leighe of Adlington esquyer to be the supervisor Wytnesses Ed- 
inunde Newson vie. of Prestbury &c. 



THE WILL OF JOHN COTTON OF COTTON, 
CO. CEST., ESQ.! 



IN the name &c. 7 August 1679 I John Cotton of Cotton 
esquer w*^in the countie of Chester &c. And my body to be 
buryed w*>"in the chansell of Churche Hullme I geve towardf the 
repacon of the said churche vj» viij^ To S' Bauffe Dutton curate 
there vj» viij<^ To George MynshuU my brother-in-lawe xx» Unto 
BonduU MynshuU my brother-in-lawe my blacke gowne lyned w^ 
lambe and my Spanishe buskins furred and for that I have som- 
what ov' wome the said gowne I doe geve to the said Rondull a 
gowne clothe of my wyves makinge w<* I pvyded for myselfe Unto 
Thom"s Cotton my soiie my shorte gowne Unto John C. my god 
sonne a heffer stirke Unto Hugh Forsty and Thome's Amson to 
eyther of theym vj» viij^ a pice Unto my brother Arthur C. the 

> Proved 13th September, 1680. John Cotton of Cotton, new Sandbach, Esq., 
deeoended from John de Cotton, (liying 86 Bdw. III.) married Alioe^ daughter of 
Edward Mynshull of MynshuU Esq. His great grandson alienated the manor about 
the middle of the serenteenth century. — Ormerod, toI. iii. p. 72. 



LANCASBIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 179 

some of xiij*> vj> viijd to be paid unto him w*^in on yeare nexte after 
my decease Unto my said brother Arthur and John Cotton th^elder 
my mane all the residue of myne appell whereof my said brother to 
have the better pte at the ov^sight of my cozin Henry Maynwearinge 
and my cosin Thome's Wynnyngton Unto Thome's Kyne vj» viij^ for 
on quartars wages Unto my sofie Edward all that tymber w<^ M' 
firereton of Brereton gave unto me Unto my said soiie Edward all 
my armour Unto my doghters w®^ are maryed to yche of theym 
xl» a pice Unto AJis 0. my wyffe on halffe of the residue of all my 
goodc and cattelles my debtC and ibneralles beinge discharged on 
the whole To Thomas C. my soiie and Katherin 0. my doughter 
two ptf of the other halffe of my said goodf in iij ptes to be devyded 
And the said thirde pte I geve to all my fyve doghters w^'^ be maryed 
equallie amongest theym to be devyded w^Mn on moneth nexte after 
my decease Wheareas I stand indetted unto my soiie Thonfs 0. in 
a greate some of money my will is that my said sone Thomas shall 
haue all the newe tymber aswell that w^^ I haue bought as allso all 
that was geven me together w^^ all the newe sclate that I haue 
bought heare or els wheare to be found and all the whit lyme w<^ I 
haue bought in pte of payment of the said some w^^ I doe stand 
indetted unto him I make the said Alis C. my wyffe and Bondull 
MynshuU my brother-in-lawe my executors entyrelie desyringe my 
said cozin Henry Maynwearinge and my cozin Thonfs Wynnyngton 
to be supvysors hereof &c. in the presence of Richard Hurleston 
Edward Cotton Thome's Cotton George MynshuU John Cotton 
Badiis Dutton clericus Thome's MynshuU. 



180 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF ALICE, WIDOW OF RALPH BYROM 
OF SALFORD.i 



IN Dei &o. The xxvj* day of the moDethe of January in y« 
yere of o' Lorde a thowsand fyve hundreth xxiij [1623-4] I 
Alyce late wyffe of Raufe Byrome hoU of mynd &c. ffyrst I be- 
qwethe my saule to Allmyghty Grod to o' blyssyd lady and to all y« 
holy company of heven and my body to be buryd w* in the college 
churche of o' blyssyd Lady of Manches? And my beste beeste in y« 
name of my moHuary I beqwethe toward y« rode seler x«" To y« 
frere howse of Weryngton for to pray fo' my saule and all crysten 
saule} x<>» To a prest to syng fo' me ... an halfe yere xl** Towarde 
the mendynge of fowle ways iij^» iiij^ I wyll y* myn execute's pay 
fo' Thomas Byrome my sone the ferme of hys howse by vj 3eres 
next comynge if the said Thomas cotynue so longe on lyfe y^ ifl to 
wete e9y of y« said vj 3erf xvij^» My executors shall delyv to the 
sayd Thomas w4n the sayd terme of vj 3erys toward hys clothynge 
awdo' in money C els in clothe xxiij^" iiij^ To Ely8 my doghto' 
vj^ xiij®" iiij^ and my burd clothe of twyll To Agnes my doghto' 
my beste gowne my beste kyrtyll my best hude and x]^ in money 
To John Browne and Adam Browne sonnes of Wittm Browne to 

aither of yam iiij mlkf the same to be delyv^d at suche tyme as 

myn executors shall thynk yam of dyscre^n to it To Raufe 

Browne y^ broder xl^" in suche lyke manere to be delyVd as to the 
othe' brether To Margarett my dough? xx<» To Nycolesse Pyl- 
kynton v]<» viij^ To S' Raufe Mody vjo» viij^ To e9y one of my 
godohylder viij^ And where as one Thomas Masse lately hathe 
pcuryd to vexe me and my chyldren of and fo' certayn sums of 

' Ko date of probate. Alice, daogbter of ... . Starkey of Pennington, married 
Balph, second son of ... . Byrom of Byrom, ancestor of the Byroms of Salford and 
Manchester. —Lane. Visitation 1613 ; Pedigree in JByr<m*t Semaintj toL ii. part 2. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 181 

money o' goodf y^ whyche as ye said Thomas lately hathe supposyd 
shuld have bene delyvyd un to Baufe Byrome my husband o' to me 
y« sayd Alyce to y« use or behove of y« sayd Thomas know yow as 
I shall answarre afo' Gk>d y^ I nev^ nor my said husband to my 
knowlege ne9 had any ma8 gold syl9 o' other goodf yeven or de- 
lyvyd to nowthe' of us unto y® use of the said Thomas except ctayn 
evydencf the whyche wer dely9yd un to me by y« handf of Eatryn 
Badclyfie mocP of the said Thomas The resydew of all ray goodf 
aft? my whyddf payd and my funerall expenses hade I gyffe and 
beqwethe to Adam Byrome and S' Bobert Byrome my sonnne} and 
make the said Adame and y« said S' Bobert my true and leafull 
executors and Masr Thrustayn Tyldesley and Maisr George 
Trafford the o9seers of y" my laste wyll y* they all may orden for 
my saule as they shall thynk best Thes wyttenesses S' Baufe 
Mody and S' Jamys Grene pstf Biohard Gkdey Gylbert Sorocold 
and odP Yeven the day and yere aforesaid. 



THE WILL OF JOHN DAVENPOBT OF WISTASTON, 
CO. CEST., GENT.i 



IN the name &c. 8 Jan. 1595 [1595-6] I John Davenport of 
Wistaston w^in the countie of Chester gent, beinge &c. my 
bodie to be buried in the pishe churche of Bunburie in the wall of 
the Ladye quere and a monum^ of allablaster or such like as by the 
discrecon of my executors shalbe thoughte meete to be made over me 
w^in one yere nexte after my decesse to the value of xx^ or there 
aboutf My will is that Margarie my wife upon condicon that she 

' Proyed I7th September, 1598. John Dayenport of Wistaston gent, second son 
of John Dayenport of Calyeley Esq. by Eleanor daughter of Sir George Calreley of 
Lea Knt. — Onnerod, vol. ii. p. 164. 



182 LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

will nor shall not after my decesse be advysed counselled or directed 
hj Bobte Crockett or Isabell his wife nor haue any thinge to doe 
w^ theim or either of them other then suohe assurauncf as I am 
covennted or agreed to be made nor shall bestowe any pte or pfitt 
of the lyvinge or goodf w«^ I doe by this my will leave unto hir 
upon them or either of them or to any theire yssue nor frequente or 
use the company or fellowship of theim or any of theim shall have 
aU my landf and rente of inheritance for terme of hir lyfe she pay- 
inge unto my brother Arthure Davenporte my nephewe Edwarde 
Damporte my sister Dorothie Greene and to my sister Jane Philkin 
yche of theim xl" apeece yerelie for terme of theire lyves w^^" yf she 
shall not pforme in all or any pte then this devise to hir to be utter^ 
lie voyde And then I doe devise the same land^ unto my brother 
Hughe Davenporte esquier for terme of his lyfe the remaynder 
thereof unto John Davenporte sonne of the said Hughe and to the 
heires of the same John for ever Unto the righte wor^ S' BonduU 
firereton knighte and unto Peter Warburton esquier serjeant at lawe 
whom I noiate ov^seers of this my will the some of iiij^'' angels a peece 
in golde to make either of theim a ringe for a remembrnnce To 
Richard Glutton gent for a remembrnnce of my good will my bruche 
Unto my good frende Thomas Case of Chester gent the some of xx" 
for a remembrnnce All the reste of my goodf and chattel^ what- 
Boer (my beste chayne of golde and my greate golde signett excepted) 
w^ I will shalbe gevon to suche as hereafter I shall appoint upon 
the condicon before spied I give &c. to my said wife w^^ yf she 
shall not in evy poynte pforme then this and all other giftc before to 
hir made to be utterlie voyde and of non effecte and she to have 
onelie paid unto hir out of my said landf duringe hir lyfe the yerelie 
some of twentie m)kc in money And likewise to be delyv^ed or paid 
unto her out of my said goodf to the soine of one hundred m)kc in 
full satisfaction of all demand C w<^ she can clay me after my decesse 
And of this my will I doe noiate &c. Hughe Oalveley esquier and 



LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIBS WILLS. 183 

the said Margarie mj said wife my ezecutoTB and the said S' Bon- 
doll Brereton and Peter Warbarton ovseera In witnesse whereof &o. 
Mj Airther will is and I doe give nnto mj coson John ffilkyn 
my beste doubled and hose also to my ooson Richard ffilkin my 
seconnde doublett and hose Unto my godson John Philkin my 
blaoke Dutch doke garded w^ velvett Unto Edwarde Davenports 
Bonne of my brother Anthonye all the reste of myn appell lEm in 
consideraoon of all firendship and reckonynge shewed I ^ve to my 
brother Thomas Greene alderman of Chester the some of vj^ To my 
coson Hughe Davenporte my sworde and buckler. 



THE WILL OF RALPH LAWTON, RECTOR 
OF BEBYNaTON.i 



IN the name &c. The xvij^ day of Maye mcccccxxxi. I Rauff 
Lawton clerke pson of the parishe ohurche of Bebyngton seke 
be. and my body to cristian sepultur I will that my fo&alf expen8e3 
be made and done in competent and covenient man) accordyng to my 
degre at the disposicon of myne executor To the iij orders of firerys 
at Chester to be evenly distribute amongf theyr iij bowses iiij®' for to 
have theyr praers for the welth of my soule and all cristen soules 
To the CO vent of the monkc of Seynt Werburge in Chester to have 
dirige and masse of requiem by theym sayd and celebrate in theyr 
monafix x<*" To my motiP Mawde Massy vj^ xiij" iiij^ To Sir John 
Hareson curat of Bebyngton above seyd x^" he to synge and say a 
trental for my soule and all cristien soules To the same Sir John 
my sarsanet typett and my best blake hosen To John Whyksted 
my chamelet jaket my best dowlet of blake chamlett and a shertt 
and my botys To Sir Wifim Johnson preste my rydyng gowne and 

^ Ko date of probate. 



184 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

my cloth typet Ijned with sarsenet To Margret Mydylton doghtor 
to Bobt Mydylton fleo£) late of Ghesc deoessyd toward hyr manage 
xlo" Unto Bo^ Sclater Hugh Sola? and Handle Scla? to e^y one of 
theym a payr of hosyn and a payr of shoys And to Nicholas Brygge 
myn olde wolsted jaket in recompense of theyr payn and labor hade 
and don abowte me in my sekenes To Henr Vernon my gray horse 
called Oryme and a payr of rydyng shoys The residue of all my 
good(; af)? my dettt payd and my funSral expense} deducted I will 
to be at the disposioon of myn executor for the helth and welth of 
my soule I orden &c. M' John Lawton clerke pson of Astbury 
myn executor Thes beyng wittenes Sir Wittm Johnson of Chester 
chapeleyne John Whyksted and Henry Vernon with ottf Yeven 
and made the day and yer above seyd. 

Among y« debts owing by y® testator are y* following *' To my 
mays? Sir John Lawton pson of Astburye of hym by me borrowyd 
at dy9s6 tymes in my necessities Iv^^ x^ For the pension of Bebyng- 
ton to be payd at the feste of Seynt James next coming xij^ vj^a 
yiij^i To the vicar of Bromboro by the assignment of th^abbot and 
covent of Ohee^ for the pension of Bebyngton due at mydsom) next 
xiijo* iiij*.^ 



THE WILL OF ELIZABETH WIDOW OF THOMAS 
DAVENPORT OF HENBUBY ESQ.^ 



IN the &c. the xvth of December 1577 I Eliz. Damport widowe 
late wyffe of Tho. Damport late of Henburie in the cownty of 
Chester Esquyre do ordayne &c. my body to be buried in the chaple 

> ProTod in 1578. Eluabeth, daaghter of John Fitton of Q«wBworth Esq., mar- 
ried 26th Maj, 8th Henry Yin., Thomas Darenport of Henbnrj Esq., bj whom she 
had issue John, Hugh, Amy wife of Wm. Beard Esq. of Derbyshire^ and Katherine 
wife of Wm. Lerersage of Wheelock Esq. — Ormerod, toI. iii. p. 292, 352. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 185 

standing in the ohuroh yard of Fstburie nere unto mj said husbande 
To my nephewe Bondle Damport one chalice to make hym a cnpp 
and one angell of gould To Marie Dameport wyfe of the said Bondle 
one angell of gould To Wittm and Tho. D. sonnes of the said 
Rondle to ether of theym one angell of gould To Dority D« dought 
of the said Bondle one heff' w^^ 1 bought of Tho. Haddock To my 
dought Katherin Lyvsage one ringe of gould w^ a stone therin and 
my best gowne To my dought Em Berd one litle ring of gould w*'* 
was my wedding ring and my second gowne To my cosyn M^gerie 
Hassall my beste petiooate To Joane Moreton my servaunt mayd 
all the bedd and clothes y^ she useth commenlie to lye in or upon 
and towe pair of sheetf and three powndf vj« viij^ in money To 
evie one y^ I am godmother unto towe shilling^ To John M^er 
iij* iiij<^ I beqweth towardp a newe bell at Fstburie sixe shilliugf 
yiij<^ My sonn Pet D. shall have all the rest of my good^ and 
cattells w^ said Peter my sonn I ordeyn &c. my true and onlie ex- 
ecutor Thees being wytnes Bondle Damporth Tho. fiyton &c. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS GLUTTON OF 
NANTWICH, GENT.i 



IN the name &c. 16 Apryll 1571 I Thomas Glutton of the 
Nampte wiche w*in the coutey of Ghester gent My body to 
be buryed in christen buryall whear it shall please my executors I 
wyll that after my decesse all my landes be eqwally devyded into 
three partes one pte whearof I geve &o. to Margery my wyfe for 
term of hir life in name of hir dower and jonter the seconde pte 
thear of I geve to my son Thomas C. and his heyres the thrid pte 
thearof I wyll that my executors shall haye to the ute of aU my 

> ProTod August Srd, 1676. 
II. BB 



186 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

doughten untyll fortye poundea a peese shall be had to everye of them 
towardes their manages My wyll is that my wife have in hir thrid 
pte my howse whear in I dwell w*^ all orchardes and gardens and 
raedoe to the same after the rate of the olde rente duringe hir wydoe 
hoode I wyll that my dettes be payd of my wallinge and wood and 
other of my goodes and after my dettes payd I wyll the one halfe of 
my goodes to my wyfe and the other to be devyded amongeste my 
young children To Thorns my son my signet of golde my hames 
and after my wyfes deathe or manage my silynge in the hall and my 
beste bed in the parlor as nowe it standethe or as my wyfe wyll leave 
it I wyll that my wyfe have all my tackes and leases to brynge up 
hir children w^^all duringe hir life if she kepe hir selfe soole and 
unmaried my ground at Glutton excepte. My executors shall have 
the occupacion of my grounde at Glutton to the behove of my son 
Bichard G. and to the kepinge of hym at his lemynge so longe as it 
shall please M'stres Sevyll and M'ster Wylbram to pmyt them to 
ocupy the same and the ov^plus to be bestoed upon my doughters at 
the ov sygthe of my executors I wyll that after the deth or maryage 
of M^gery my wyfe that my son Thorns shall have my intereste in 
the Shae and then I geve &c. my terme thear in to hym and his 
executors I wyll that after the fortye poundes payd to my doughters 
a peyse that M^gery my wyfe shall have all the landes and teny- 
mentes w^^ I purchased of Thomas Gharnels and Elynor his wyfe to 
hir for terme of hir lyfe ov^ and besydes hir thrid pte durynge hir life 
And after hir decesse I geve unto my son Bichard G. all the said 
landes &c. to hym and to [his] heires males and for default &;c. to the 
use of my son Thoins G. and his heires for ev^ I make my executors 
Margery my wyfe Bicharde Hassall Bicharde Wylbram of the 
Nampte wiche John Wryghte of Bakeley and my brother Honirey 
G. My brother Thorns Wylbram and Wyttm Lyvsedge esquier 
shalbe my ovseers Wytnes Bobert Pickeryn Thorns Twoyearolde 
John Glutton &c. 



LANCA8HIRS AND CHESHIRS WILLS. 187 

THE WILL OF THOMAS PENDLETON OF 
MANCHESTEE.1 



IN the &c. the ix*^ daye of Aprill in y« yere of o' Lorde Otoi a 
M fyye hudreth and xxxiiij I Thorns Pendylton of Mancestr 
sounde and hoole of mynd &c. My bodye to be buryed in the pyshe 
chyrche of Mancestr I wyll y* evy prest beyng at my derige shall 
have iiij^ and y® qwere to be ordred after y« olde accustome To an 
honest and vertuous prest for y® space of fyve yers next ensuhig 
my dethe yerlye iiij^ to synge for my saule and my firend^ Baule3 
and to saye masse ons in the weke of scala celi I wyll that my 
doghters Grace and Margerye shall haue towarde theyre maryage 
equally betwyxe theyme x^ overe and besyd theyre chyldf porcon 
and yff hit fortune ewther of theyme to depte or they be raaryed I 
wyll y* y« survivor shall haue bothe y' partes To oure ladie service 
xijd I wyll that my wyffe Margarie shall haue my howse and y« 
take or leace of my fealdf wyth thappurtenance} duryng hir lyve 
and after my deth y^ she shall assigne y^ saide house and feeldf to 
suche children or chylde as she shall thynke in hir conscience most 
nedfull and requisite to assigne it unto I ordayne my wyfie Margarie 
and my sone} fraunc^ and Edwarde^ to be my executors and to dis- 
pose the residew of my goodf my dettC and funSall expenses paied for 
the healthe of my saule and [I] bequeath to y^ fireers observant^ of 
Newarke for a trentall x" Thies beyng witnesse of my ^sent wyll 
Bichard Bradshay^ and John Dyconson prestf Rauffe Pendilton 
Bichard Bradshay Alexand' Walker and WiHm Ologh wyth other. 

' No date of probate. 

3 Edward Pendletoo, a member of an ancient Manchester family, afterwards D.D., 
and in 1547 Fellow of the Collegiate Church, and Head Master of the Ghammar 
School, Manchester, a man famous for the elasticity of his conscience in the reigns of 
Henry Till., Edward YI., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. — Fa»H Scelei. Mem- 
e%n,y a MS. by Canon Baines. 

' Bichard Bradshaw, a Fellow of the Collegiate Church, Manchester. — Ihid^ 



188 LANCASHIRE AND CHS8HIBE WILLS. 

THE WILL OF ROGER HEYTON OF 
HEYTON, GENT." 



IN the name &o. 27 July 1697 I Roger Heyton of Heyton in 
the county of Lancaster gentleman being &;c. My body to be 
buryed in the parish church or church yeard of Deane neigh my 

parentes and ffrends &c. I give OUyver Grenaughe my 

nephewe after my deceasse all my whole right that I have or oughte 

to have in a lease of the manner and mannor howse of H , 

over to my ffather Richard Heyton and to my mother Alice H. and 

to the longer 1 them and to theire assignes fibr the tearme 

of threescore and neynteene yeares by Will[iam] Heyton^ of 
Bircheley Esquier brother unto the said Richard H. my father with 
all bowses orchards pastures &c. to the said mannor and mannor 
howse belonginge so that the said OUyver Grenaughe and his 
assignes shall maintaine and keepe with foode and rayment honestlie 
and sufficientlie Thomas Heyton my brother Ann Heyton and 
Dorety Heyton my sisters for ternie of theire naturall lives yf this 
lease be recovered And whereas there [has been] a controversie 
betweene me and James Anderton of Lostocke Esquier for the 
whole inhe[ritance] and landf beloning to the heires of the Hey tons 
namely of all the landf lyinge in Hey [ton Hor]wich Lostocke 
Rumworth Synderland Birchley Billinge Rosset Ulverston ffumes 
[and else] where within the county of Lane w«^ landf the said 
James Anderton wrongfully ffrom me by a ^tended tytle 

» ProTod 26th April, 1598. 

' WUliam Heyton of Birchley Esq., son of Biohard Heyton of Heyton by his first 
wife Anne, daughter of Boger Hnlton of Hulton Park Esq., married Jane, daughter 
of Sir William Farrington, by whom he had two daughters, Jane and Alice. Bichard 
Heyton married secondly Margaret Ghurstang, by whom he had (with other children) 
Bichard Heyton, father of the testator. — Law, ViiUationf 1567. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIRS WILL8. 189 

of one that came out of Ireland who named him8[elf Richard] 
Heyton the son of ffemando Heyton bat he was proved to have 
counterfeit his na[me] his name was Thomas Heyton a bastard 
Sonne of old William Heyton who died at Lon[don] at Westmin- 
ater And wheras Richard Horrobyn husbandman William Marshe 

James Yeate the yonger H Yeat th'elder [have] taken their 

oathe before the commissioners James Browne Esquier Edward 
Langtree Esquier George Holme gentleman Robert Pinnington 
gentleman that he was not Richard Heyton ffemandoe sonne but a 
bastard sonne of old William Heyton I am fiilly pswaded in my 
conscience and dare boldlie take yt on my death that the oath they 
have taken herein is most true and the rather because ffemando 
Heytcm did tell me that his sonne Richard H. died in London of 
the plague about twenty yeres agoe And of this my last will and 
testament I doe make Ollyver Grenaugh my nephew and Thomas 
H. my brother my true and lawfull executors and Edward Langtree 
Esquire and James Browne Esquire the overseers of this my last 
will &c. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM HYDE OF 
URMSTON, GENT.i 



IN the name &c: 23 August 1587 I William Hyde of Urms- 
ton w^^in the parishe of Flixton and county of Lane gentill- 
man sicke in bodie &o. to be buried in the chansell at Flixton 

> F»>Ted Seth September 1587. William Hyde of Urmaton gent, elerenth in 
detoent from Sir Robert Hyde of Hyde co. Ceet. Knt. living in the time of Henry 
ni., married Margunet, daughter of John Arderne of Harden Esq., by whom he had 
issne John his son and heir, who married Snsan, daughter of William Ashion of 
C9egg gent, by Anne, daughter and ooheiress of lialph Belfield of Clegg Esq., Anne 
baptised at Flixton l7th February 1580-1, the wife of William Brettargh of Brettai^h 



190 LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIEE WILLS. 

trujitinge to ryse &;c. My debtC shalbe payd and then the residue of 
my goodf shalbe devided equaly into three partf j^ is to saye one for 
me an other for my wyffe Margaret H. and the third last part for 
my two children Briched H. my elder doughter and Anne H. my 
yonger doughter Unto my sonne John H. y^ chist whiohe hath my 
evidence in and the evidence therin w^ a cubbord whiche standee in 
the parler and all suche writinges as are therin belonginge to my 
lande and my wyffe shall keepe the kyes of the sayd chystes and 
they shall remayne wher they are y^ is to saye at my manor house of 
Urmston and that she shalbe reedy to let the fefyes when they shall 
neede any thinge therin for the mayntenanoe of my land to have the 
sayd keeyes And yf my wyffe marie agayne I will y^ they feffyes 
shall take the sayd keeyes from her and keepe them them selves unto 
the use of my sonne John To the sayd John my sonne a lead caled 
a fornace w^ all rackc pothonckf iren chimnyes wher any fyres are 
letten withe the clocke and the jacke whiche tumeth the broohe I 
will y^ y^* hamesse whiche I have shalbe keepte for the use o£my 
sonne w^^ my bowe and arrowes and y^ they shalbe delived to him 
when he cometh to the age of xxj yeres My three sisters shall haue 
everie one a blacke goune Anne Qleyve^ Dorety Medocroffb and 
Elin Webe My aunte Byrtelles shall haue a blacke goune Ther 
shalbe six gounes bestowed on six powre folckes one to Bogger 
Ewans an other to Nicholas Boggers and who the other foure shalbe 
I reserve y* to my executor To Nicholas Darbishire my servant xx" 
To Elizabeth Darbishire xx» To Robert Williamson my servant 
vj" viijd To Henrie Hamer Robert Bouth John Blomyle Margarye 
Darbishire to everie one of thesse iij" iiij^ Unto my wyffe all my 

Holt gent, and Bridget bnried at Flixton 29th April 1592. — JSorZ. MSS. 1487, p. 
189. The Urmston estates passed to the familj of Hulme of DaTj Holme in the 
parish of Eooles by the marriage (22nd September 1642) of Biohard Holme Esq. of 
Dary Hulme with Susan, great-granddaughter and heiress of the testator. 

' Anne, wife of John Giere of High Legh, and Dorothy, wife of Francis Meadow- 
croft of Smethorst gent. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 191 

parte of goodf whiche shall remayne when these legayses and 
my funerall expenses are taken out And yf yt happen y^ M' 
Bichard Garratte [Oerrard] parson of Stoppard or any other doe 
obtayne or boye of my lord treasurer my sonne John for me unto 
the use of me my wyfie and children then I will y^ soe muche goodf 
as the sayd M' Garratte shall laye downe for that use shalbe first 
taken uppe of the marishe of my sonne And the rest whiche is lefte 
of his marishe goodf I geve xl'^ of yt to my sonne John and the rest 
I geve to my doughters Briched and Anne to be equally devided I 
will y* my wyiFe shall have the ndinge of my children and the use 
of their goodf untill they come to age or marishe soe longe as she 
continues in my name unmaried And yf my wyffe doe marie they 
feffjres shall take order both for the keepinge of my children and the 
use of ther goodf My wyffe shall haue the keepinge of my sonne 
John and occupyinge of his part of land untill he be maried and 
shall ocupye [the] third part of my landes in Urmston or eles wher 
soe longe as she keepes her selffe unmaried for the use of Briched H. 
and Anne H. payinge for the same yerely soe muche rent as shalbe 
thought reasonable by M' George Latham William Sharlocke and 
James Byle the whiche rent shall only goe to the pferment of 
Briched H. and Anne H. I make Margaret H. my wyffe my 
executor to see this my will fulfilled as my trust lyeth in her nex 
unto God and my overseers the right worshippfiill Sir John Bad- 
clyffe Knyght my maister and my welbeloved brother in lawe Mr 
Raphe Arderren Esquire of Ardayne and my cosen M' Bichard 
Badclyffe of Newcroft. 



192 LANCASHIRE AND CHV8HIRE WILLS. 

THE WILL OF HUGH STABKEY OF 
OULTON ESQ.1 



IN the name &c. The v^ daye of Auguste mdlv. I Hughe 
Starkye of Olton in y® countie of Chest' Esquyer beinge hole 
in bodye &c. I will y^ iff [it] ffortune me to dye w^in the countie of 
Chest' that then my bodye shall be buried in y« chansell of Ov^ in 
my tombe there I bequeathe to Margarie my wyffe xl^® mark^ of my 
laiidf of the inheritance of my ffather as is appoynted unto her by 
writinge and the third pte of all my goodf and y« litle fouldon horde 
y* standeth in y® plore To my executors all my purchased landf 
leacC ffermes and tackes my ferme of Benttles onelye excepted and 
all suche dett^ as shalbe owinge to me y^ daye of my deathe to 
thintente y^ my said executors shall paye yearly to y® psons hearafter 
named that is to saye to Elen Sterkye one of my sisters and to 
Sissely Sterky sometyme nune of Elstow an other of my sisters 
either of them iiij^ yearly during their sevall lyves To Whenefiryde 
Leche toward^ her ^ferment and mariage y® some of iij^^ vj* viij^ 
To James Yonge my servant XTJ' yearely during y terme of xxx^ 
year^ if he so longe do lyve To Thomas Mynsule my 3vant viij* 
yearelye for terme of xxx yearf if &o. To Bobt Olton otherwise 
named Bobt Jacson xiij' iiij^ for terme of xxx^® years if &o. To 
Rauff Capper my 3vant xxv" for terme of xxx*i« yeares if &o. My 
said ferme of Benteleis before excepted in these psents I gyre to 
my svant Bobt Wettenhall Unto my said executors the advowson 

^ Prored June 8th, 1677. Hugh, son and heir of Hugh Starkey of Oulton Bsq., 
by Margaret, daughter of Philip Egerton of Egerton Esq., married Margaret^ 

daughter and heiress of Swaniok of Wirswall, by whom he had no issue. He 

had an illegitimate son Oliver Starkey a knight of Malta and afterwards grand prior 
of the order. — Ormerod, vol. ii. p. 104. 

' The church was rebuilt by the testator in 1543. — Ibid, toI. ii. p. 103. 



LANCASHIKB AND CBEBHIRB WILLS. 193 

of y» viccarige of 09 w<^ I haue by grant for the next avowdanoe 
therof and I will y* my executors shall at y« next avowdanoe ^sent 
therunto OmfFrey Lyghtfoote clerke if he be then lyvinge Unto y* 
said viccar of Ov xl" for nay mortoarie to praye for me To Banff 
Kettell of Swanlowe x" for terme of xxx*»« yearf if &;c. To Hughe 
Wettenhall xx» yearly duringe y« lyf of his ffather so y* he be not 
retayned unto any roans service nor weare any manes liv^aye duringe 
y« same tyme To Jane Wudnett xl» to her manage All my 
apprell of my bodie to y« said Hughe Wettenhall and to John 
Brocke and to John Leche To Ellen Ecton iij'^ toward^ y® exse- 
bycon of her poore children To Robt Sclaver my 3vant xiij* iiij^ 
during xxx^* yeares if &c. I bequethe Ixxx^^ to make a substanciall 
horse waye paved betwixt Darley and the Nampte wiche and to 
defend it w* cartf Unto my cosyn Thomas Stamynge my best 
horse or geldynge at his aleccon and v markf To Withn Greene my 
Bvant my best wayne one plowe one cowe and one harrowe To e9y 
one of my servant^ bothe men and women w<^^ shalbe dwelling w^ 
me at y^ daye of my deceasse a whole yeares wages apeese. To my 

syst' Eme Wetenhall xx^ towardf y® mariage of her to be 

payde unto her w^ in ij yeares aft' my deceasse To my one 

bowle of syl9 pcell gylt To S' Arthure Derscy Knyght y* 

is for my owen goynge in Elca pke To John Brickinden 

nowe pson of Grace churche in London my newe clothe gowene 
furred w^ marterons^ [If] my said wyff do refuise to take y® said xl 
merkf of my landf and iij pte of my goodf in fuUe contentaoon of 
her dower but do ptend tytle to any more of my landf then 1 will 
y* y« gyfte of y« iij^ pte of my goodf to her before made shalbe voyde 
My said wyffe shall have ij ffether bedf and ij matrases compleate 
one syl? salte and one sylv cuppe psell gylte wherin she useth to 
drinke ale vj kyne and vj sylv spones in full satisfaccon of all her pte 
of my goodf &c. and not to entermedle w* any other psell of y® same 

* i.e. the fur of a marten. 
II. c c 



194 LANCASHIRE A-ND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

I will that all suche writyngf as are made bytwene me and my 
brothre James S. consernyng th^enheritance of Hugh S. o' ffather 
shall stand in AiUe force and strengthe All other y^ resydewe of my 
goodf shalbe equallye devyded in iij eqall ptes wherof Margerie my 
right welbeloved wyffe shall haue to her owen use one of y* same iij 
ptf w<^ shalbe worthe one markf at y^' least in full recopenee of 
all her pte of my good^ &c. And j^ other ij ptes and residwe of my 
goodf and lykewyse all suche proffetf as shall come of my said 
ffermes and tackf and debtf I will y^ my executors shall imploy 
towardf y« pfermentf of mariagC of poore maydf releve and succore 
of poore infantf anfl fatherles children and other poore neadie people 
repayring and mendyng highe wayes and decayed bridgf and suche 
other lyke and charitable good deadf as my said executors and y* 
survivs of them shall thinke moste charitable and godlye to be done 
I ordayne &c. my right trustie and lovinge cosens Richard Wylbra 
Esquyer John Brewne of Stapleford Esquyer Richard Starkye of 
Stretton Esquyer and John Lecbe gentelman my executors and for 
their paynf I gyve &c. to e9y one y« suin of v^* And I make S' 
John Savage Knyghte supvisor. In wytnesse &c. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM CHORLEY OF 
CHORLEY GENT.i 



IN the name &c. 13 Dec' 1686 I Wittm Chorley of Chorley in 
the countie of Lancaster gent hoUe in bodie &;c. To be 
buryed within the churche of Chorley in the chanchell under a stone 

I The inventoTj is dated 26th of January, 28th of Elizabeth, [1585-^]. William, 
son and heir of William Chorley of Chorley gent, by Elizabeth daughter of William 
Chamock of Chamook Esq., married Alice daughter of Jamea Anderton of Enxton 
gent, by whom he had iasue William his son and heir (ob. vit. pat. baring married 
Bridget daughter of William Hutchinson of West Hallam, ? co. Derby), James, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 195 

where 1117 grantffather was buried I give to WittiD Ghorley sonn 
to my sonn Wittm G. latelie deceased my clocke chime and bells 
and all my hames pteynynge to the warres I doe devise all my 
oulde ancient rent^ of all my tenantf in Walton nere Lyrpoule the 
cheffe rent payed yearlye to the Quenes maiestie wich is xx" onlie 
except ffrom the daye of my decease for the tearme of five yeares to 
Alexand' Ghorley Marie G. and Alis G. younger children of my sonn 
WiHm G. latelie deceased Whereas I haue a lease for certen yeares 
of Olivere Garrard of Brindell of ground called Denham Banke and 
alsoe a lease of certen pcells of ground in Adlington called Famer of 
George Ashall the revcon of wiche said leases I doe geve to the said 
Alex. G. Marie G. and Alis G. Alsoe my especiall desyre and 
requeste is that my said executors doe fullfyll my sonn Wilhn G. 
his laste will and teastamant accordinge to the truste he reposed in 
my [me] and alsoe where it is sett downe in my said sonn Willm 
his will that I should haue the orderinge of all his tymbre and stone 
wherefor and for that I haue well recompensed not onlie Brigett G. 
my dought' in lawe with certen landes duringe her liffe but alsoe 
haue recompensed the said Alexand' Marie and Alis G. wherefore 
Wilfan G. eldest sonn of my said sonn Wittm G. shall haue the 
said tymb^ and stone And whereas I haue a lease of Richard 
Whittell of certen ground in Ghorley called the Lee the reverton of 
wiche I doe geve to Mawde Ghorley nowe my servant All my goodes 
and cattellc shalbe devided into three equall ptf whereof Alis nowe 
my wiffe to haue on pte accordinge as of right she ought to haue the 
seconnd pte I geve to Leonrd G. my sonn desyringe and prayinge 

Leonard, and Anne wife of Boger GiUibrand of Ghorley gent. — Lane. Vitit. 1567- 
1613. The testator's descendant Bichard Chorlej tegether with his son Charles were 
inTolved in the BebeUion in 1715. The former was executed at Preston 9 Feb. 1716, 
and the latter died in prison at Lirerpool soon after his trial. The Ghorley Hall 
estate wa« confiscated and sold to Abraham Grompton of Derby gent,, and is now by 
purchase the property of Bobert Townley Parker Esq. of Guerden HalL — Lane. 
Memoriali of 1716, pp. 192, 200. NoiUia Cestrientis, vol. ii. part iii. p. 366. 



196 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

him not onlie for Oodes cause but alsoe for my sake and at this my 
requeste that he would be contented to lett Wilhn my basterd sonn 
to haue the half of his seconde pte with him consideringe all my 
gyftes and beneiittf heretofor bestowed upon him and the laste and 
thrid pte I reser to my self for that after my debtes &io. payed Alia 
now my wiffe and all the children of Roger Gelibrond my sonn in 
lawe shall haue all my said thrid pte to be equallie devided amongest 
them I make Alis my wiffe Leonrd 0. my sonn Roger Gelibrond 
my sonn in lawe and Hughe Rigby my executors and my cosin 
James Anderton of Clayton supvisor of this my laste will Sac. These 
beyng recordf John Grene curate of Ghorley John Gelebrand 
Jamys Totell w^ others. 



THE WILL OF ANNE, THE WIDOW OP PHILIP 
MAINWARING OP PEOVER, ESQ.* 



IN the name &c. 29 January 1586[1586-7] I Anne Manwaringe 
wyddowe late wief of PhiUipe Manwaringe of Pev Esquier 
deceassed beinge sicke in bodye &;c. to be buried in the chancell of 
Ov^ Pev^ nere unto my late husbande and I geve unto the same 
ohurche toward f the reparacon therof xx> I geve a dozen poore 
folkes men and women eiche one a gowne of blacke fryse Unto 
my Sonne Randle one gould ringe sett w^ a blue safyre Unto my 
doughter in lawe his wief one pare of braslettf of goulde Unto 
Anne M . my sonnes doughter one paire of braslett^ of corall dressed 
w^ silver Unto Eatherine M. my sonnes doughter one ringe of 

> ProTod 27th April, 1687. Anne daughter of Sir Ralph Leyoester of Toft Knt. 
I married Philip MainirAring of Poorer Esq., son of Sir John Mainwaring of PeoTer 
I Knt. hy Katherine sister of William Honford of Honford Esq., and had issue Bandle 
{Mainwaring, Captain Edward Mainwaring of Banmore near Nantwioh, and Elizabeth 
f who died without issue. — Ormerod, roL i. pp. 371, 872. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. - 199 

shall hane my mansion house comenlie called the Springe w^ all 
buildinge gardens landf &c. therto belonginge in suche ma& as is 
conteyned in one deed indented bearinge date the 20 May 21 Eliz. 
Also in respect of the good will w^ I haue alwaies borae unto my sonne 
Bandle and wishinge likwaies amitie and love to continue betwixt 
my two sonnes to the comfort of ther frendf and welwillers I will 
and require my said sonne Handle to suffer his brother Edmund and 
his assignes to occupie the bame w^^ I latlie builded upon a porcon 
"of grounde w*^'* I exchanged w*^ a tennte of his and the stable w*^ I 
builded upon the wast duringe suche tearme as I haue granted unto 
the said Edmunde the residue of my housinge and landf therunto 
adioyninge Unto my sonne Bandle all my beddinge vr^ I latlye 
lent unto my doughter in lawe his wief w<^^ nowe is in her owne 
custodie To the poore houshoulders w^'^in the pishe of 09 Pe9 
either of them one tollope of barlye I doe ordeyne &c. my dearlye 
beloved sonne Edmunde M. and my lovinge cosine Thomas Starkye 
my executors requiering my wellebeloved sonne Handle M. and my 
lovinge brother Laurance Leicester to be ov^seers &c. In wittnesse 
&c. I the said Anne haue putt to my hande and scale &c. Wit- 
nesses Fhillipe Manwaringe Wittm Bamshall Thomas Newall w*^ 
others. 



THE WILL OF SIR GEORGE GREGORY, 
PRIEST. 

IN dei noie amen 5 April 1548 I S' George Gregore of Rossan- 
dayle w*in the com. of Lane pst sycke in boddye &c. To be 
buryd in y« parysh church yorde of Haslyngden My dettes taykyne 
uppe and payde and my bodye extyneguseshed honestly wayket 
broghfurth and buryd I bewethe to S' Henr Romsbotfam pst to 



198 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

ge^e him My will ys that Wilhu Cooke als Shorlocke shall haue 
likwaies his billf cancelled and suche money as he dothe owe unto 
me I frelye forgeve him My executors shall cause to be made cer- 
teyne ringf of gould to the value of x» a peece w*^ my name ingraven 
and the roe bucke therupon and shall deliv the same unto suche 
psons whose names shalbe herafter specified that is to witt S' £d- 
munde Trafibrd knight Edmund his sonne and John Sonne of the 
said Edmund M^garet Leighe of Adlington doughter of the said S^ 
Edmund Hughe Calveleye Esquier George and Hughe his two sonnes 
Thomas Starkye of Stretton Esquier and Tymothye [Timothea] his 
wief my brother Langton and Phillip his sonne my cosine Leighe 
of Soothes my ante Stanley my cosyne Anne Blundell my cosyne 
Eatherine Urmeston my cosine Elizabeth Irland Elizabeth the wief 
of my brother Wittm Leycester my brother Lawrance Leicester and 
Elefi his wief my cosine Jane Davemport my uncle Bonaventure 
Oarington Unto Isabell the doughter of Wiihn Normansell de- 
ceassed one heffer w<^^ was the heriott of Elizabeth Hasselhurst and 
to Eatherine one other doughter of the said Wittm one heffer styrke 
Unto Edmunde Manwaringe my younger sonne my detf &c. beinge 
discharged all the residue of my good^ and all leces [leases] tackes 
tythes and tearme of yeares whatsov Ifm [it] ys my desire that 
my sonne Edmunde shall make unto my sonne Bandle two se^all 
offers touchinge the lease of the tythes of Pev the first whether he 
will geve unto the said Edmund three hundreth pounds to be paid 
in three yeares wherof the first payment to beginne at or before the 
nativitie of o' Lorde God next ensuinge the date herof and so yearlye 
one hundreth poundf untill the some of three hundreth poundf be 
fullye paid and so the said Bandle to enioye the whole lease answer- 
inge the rent reserved upon the same or els to take his owne tythes 
growinge upon his ancient demeane landf of Pev^ answeringe for the 
same unto the said Edmunde and his assignes yearlye duringe the 
said leasse the soine of iiij^ xij" vj^ 1 will that my sonne Edmunde 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. ' 199 

shall haue my mansion house comenlie called the Springe w^ all 
buildinge gardens landc &c. therto belonginge in suche man as is 
conteyned in one deed indented bearinge date the 20 May 21 Eliz. 
Also in respect of the good will w^ I haue alwaies borne unto my sonne 
Bandle and wishinge likwaies amitie and love to continue betwixt 
my two sonnes to the comfort of ther frendf and welwillers I will 
and require my said sonne Randle to suffer his brother Edmund and 
his assignes to occupie the bame w^'^ I latlie builded upon a porcon 
of grounde w<^ I exchanged w*^ a tennte of his and the stable w<^ I 
builded upon the wast duringe suche tearme as I haue granted unto 
the said Edmunde the residue of my housinge and landf therunto 
adioyninge Unto my sonne Bandle all my beddinge w^ I latlye 
lent unto my doughter in lawe his wief w«^ nowe is in her owne 
custodie To the poore houshoulders w***in the pishe of 09 Pev 
either of them one tollope of barlye I doe ordeyne &c. my dearlye 
beloved sonne Edmunde M. and my lovinge cosine Thomas Starkye 
my executors requiering my wellebeloved sonne Handle M. and my 
lovinge brother Laurance Leicester to be ov^seers &c. In wittnesse 
&c. I the said Anne haue putt to my hande and scale &c. Wit- 
nesses Fhillipe Manwaringe Wittm Barnshall Thomas Newall w*^ 
others. 



THE WILL OF SIB GEOEGE GBEGOEY, 
PBIEST. 

IN dei noie amen 5 April 1548 I S' George Gregore of Bossan- 
dayle w*in the com. of Lane ^st sycke in boddye &c. To be 
buryd in y« parysh church yorde of Haslyngden My dettes taykyne 
uppe and payde and my bodye extyneguseshed honestly wayket 
broghfurth and buryd I bewethe to S^ Henr Bomsbothm ^st to 



200 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

pray devowtly for the salvatyon of my saylle and all xpiane saylles 
iij* iiij<^ To John Pycoppe the sone of John Pycoppe one horse 
foolle Also to John Pycoppe hy selphe and EIloS) hi} wyffe one 
mattesse and too of my best covlettes To S' Thorns Holden ^st and 
Bycd Gregorye my brother all my pt of thos yves wych standyne 
att the Wolfenden Bothe w^ Edmun Horsworth To John Nuttow 
all my pt of thos yves wych standyne w* hy and vij" vj^ of money 
wych is in hy hande To the wyffe of Robt Durden one holde 
blacke coPlett To John Gregorye my brother one holde payre of 
blacke hoosse and one holde jackett To George Durden one leyther 
doblet To the sayd S' Thorns Holden one holde blacke clooke To 
Agnes Harppe yf my dette} be recovyde iij» iiij<^ To iiij" schyld^n of 
the afore sayd John Pycoppe echon xij^ To the sedenayse chappell 
in Bossendayle that the decae} [?] y]of may be bet? uphuldyne and 
my saylle prayde fore y) for ev iij« iiij^ ffynyally what so e9 remay^ 
nyth of my guddf &c. I bewethe it to y« sayd S' Thorns Holden pst 
John Nuttow yema and Bycd Gregorye my brother to take the 
paynes to be my execute'" In wyttene} whereof to thes psentes I 
have Sbscribed my name the day and yere above rehersed Thes 
wyttenej S' Thorns Holden curet B>y2d Harppe Oly? Holt Edmnd 
Pycoppe and John Pycoppe. S' George Gregorye -h 

Hec sunt debita quse ego debeo The schappell of Bossendayle 
xiij" iiij^ Edmiid Pycoppe xii/ iiij** Hec sunt debita quae mihi 
debent' John alias Jenkyne Lord xxx* Perys Hey v» S' Bycd 
Mychell ^st iij" iiij* Ellf Holt ij" Henf Hey xviijd Retcta John 
Buttworth xijd The chapell ryves of Bossendayle iij" wars 
wayges y* is to say Wyllyh"m Hasworth viij» iij^ John Nuttow ix* 
Alexand' Haworth viij» iij^ John Tattsall viij» vij^ ob Rye Wytte- 
worth vij8 X** ob Xpof) Brygche vij« x* ob 

The Invetorye of the gud of S' George Gregorye pst p'sed w* 
Alexand^ Haworth John Tattsall Thurston Bertwyssell and John 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 201 

Pycoppe In p^mis one foole x« — vij yarde} of carssaj ix" iiij^ — 
iij coVlette} iij» vj^ — one mattresse ij" — one holde gawne ij^ viij^ — 
one holde clooke ij» — one leyther dublet xx^ — ij holde jackette} 
iij* iiij^ — ij holde oappe} xyj^ — one holde sacke vj^ — ij yves vj* 
viijd — one holde saddell yj^ 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM MASCY OF 
RIXTON, ESQ.i 



IN the name t&c. the 18 Maye 16 [38] 30 Henry 8 wyttnes that I 
Wyllyam [Mascy of Bixton] esquyer in the parish of Weryton 
wythin the contye of Lancaster sycke in my body &c. To bee beryte 
in Ryxton Ghapell w*in y« paressh chyrch afor sayd I beqwethe 
to the hee auter of Weryton one heffer inn recupens of all my 
theythyds and owther deutys nelegtely forgeyten yf the pson wyl 

sowe accept the sayd pson to haue as the lawe wyll gyff 

hym To my executorrs viij ponde to the yuse of a pryst for ij yerf 
to praye for my sowle and all kyrsteyne sowls I wyll that my fowr 
executory haue yohyn of them a blacke garment and Thomasse 
Ayston my son in lay Robert Massy Thomasse Tayleer Jhamy Coke 

Wyllyam ColdaUe Jhon Clarke my servant^ of them a 

blacke jhaket to praye for my sowle and all kyrstyn sowUf I wyll 
that my broder Ha[mnet] haue a stagge and my broder Jhamys my 
baye stagge and my broder Rychard on geldynge To Elyn Ayston 
for hyr paynys takyng vo^ To Jhon Foxe iij®" iiij^ To Aston 

Chapell to mayntene Goddf servyse ther and to the chapel 

of the Holyne Orene on calfe to mayntene Goddys servyse ther To 
my moder my whyte geldyng and a hefiur therw* to kepe upe ther in 

1 No date of probate. 
II. D D 



202 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

the chapel of Stretton afore y« ymage of syne [Saint] Saveur iij syigys 
BOW long as the stocke wjl indure To Thomasse Tayler my grene 
jhaket and my whyte festaen dowbelet I wyll my fadur Starkye y^ 

pson of Werberton and my broder Jhamys byllys of S' Wyllyam 

Massy prest and Thomasse Tayler and recu w^ them and se that the 
be recupensyd what sowev I am be hynd w^ them To my sayd son 
in lay and to hys wyf ij kye and j^ best flocke bed in the hosse 
[house] w^ ij cov^lettf ij blanketf a bolster and a payre of shetys and 
X bochell of bar [ley] and x of owtf I wyll that Wyllyam Coldall 
[have] my whyt howrse and that Thomass Tayller haue my bocler 
[buckler] I wyll that Jhonn Massy my son haue my blacke 
ambellyng colte and Thomasse my sone my sworde I make my 
executerrf my fader Starkye the pson of Werberton my broder 
Jhamys S' Wyllyam Massye I wyll that my sayd executerrf for 
there paynys takyng haue ychyn of the xx®" I wyll that all my 
other gudys be devydyt amongf my wyfe Jhon Massy Thomas M. 
my sonnys Ane M. and Mergret M. my dorthers acordyng afler 
the corse and forme of the laye [law] I hertely desyre my wellbe- 
loued fryndf Wyllyam BattlyiF of Urdsall [Ordsall] son and ayre 
aparente of Sir Alysander Batlyf Enyght and Jhonn Aston of 
Aston son and ayre of Thomas Aston of Aston swyerf to be ovsearf 
In wyttnos wherof I the sayd Wyllyam Massye eswyer to this my 
last wyll haue set to my seylle Thyse beying wyttnes Bychard 
Starkye my broder Hamet Massye Wyllyam Peket chapplayn 
Jhon Lawe prest Perys Penkesma w* other The daye and yer 
above wryten. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 203 



THE WILL OF JAMES GRENEHALGHE, GENT.» 



IN Dei noie amen 19 Marcii 1523 [1523-4] Ego Jacobus 
Grenehalghe gent compos mentis &c. Lego aiam Sac. corpus- 
que meii ad sepeliend in ecctia sive cancello de Bury Lego opti<° 
aiall meum noie mortuarii mei pdecimis oblacoinb} seu aliis quibus 
cumque p me neclegent fact et' omis. I bequeythe as moche of my 
goodc to a pste to seng iij trentalls oon trentall ffor my &ther sawill 
and other for my mother sawill the iij<^ for my sawill and my wiff 
Annes I giffe the gude will of my tenamente that I dwell in to my 
wife Mergett as longe as schoo kepf hur wedo to bryng up her 
schildur w^ all and also of Bury Mylne in like case if itt please 
my lorde^ to suffur theym to haue theym like as other tennadc of the 
same lordschip has theyrs And if scho take anny husbande aft my 
decesse thenn I giffe my gude will unto Thomas my sonne I will 
y^ myne executors do liv a boxe of evidens to the gud man of Bran- 
dilishohm y^ I hade in ane arke y^ I lost the keys of qwen I livit his 
heyyydens to hym and durst not schowe hy of they for anguryng 
hym afx lest he scholde haue thoght it hade benne for some other 
cawse Residuum v'o omu bono^ meoj^ do et lego Margaretse uxi 
mese et Thomas filio Elanse et Johanae fii meis quos Margareta 
uxe mea et Toma filiu meu ordino et constituo meos executores I 
orden if [it] will please my gude Maister Alexander Ratklyffe 
knyght and Ric Smethe^ klyrke pson of Bury to be supvisers In 
wittenes heroff I haue setto my seall Theys wittenes Ro^ Holtt 
Bertylmew Holtt John Halle ^sts Laur Qwethede^ and Thomas 
Qwethede and other. Jamys Grenehalghe. 

^ No date of probate. 

' The Earl of Derby, the manerial lord of Bury. 

' An active Bector, the founder of a chantry in his church, and styled one of the 
Pope's pardoners in Lancashire. — Lane, M8S. 
^ Whitehead of Field House in the parish of Bury, an old family of lesser gentry. 



204 LANCA8HIEB AND CHB8HIRB WILLS. 



THE WILL OF HENRY HAMER OF HAMEB, 
YEOMAN.i 



IN the name &c. 18 Januarye 1572 [1572-3] I Henrye Hame' 
of Hamer in the countye of Lane yoman sycke in bodye &c. 
To be buryed in the churche or churche yorde of Rachdale or els 
where y^ shall please Ood to apoynte All my good^ cattellf and 
dettf shall be equallye into three ptf devydyd whereof my wyfe 
Alys Hamer shall haue one pte and Gyles Hamer my younger son 
shall haue one oy] pte And the thyrde pte I gyve in ma8 hereaft"* 
ensuynge To e9y chylde w<^^ I ham grandfather unto ey)j one of 
them xij^ To evy chylde w«^ I ham godfather unto evy one of 
them vjd To Robert Gierke my s'vande v]« viij^ To Hughe Hill 
my s'vande xij^ To Agnes Hamer my s'vande xiij» iiij^ To Jane 
Holt my s'vande xij^ To the wyfe of Edmud Heywarde iij* iiij^ 
To Charles Hamer xx** To Agnes Wordyll ij" To the wyfe of 
Edmde Wordyll ij» To Gyles Hamer th'elder vj« viij^ To e9y 
chylde w«*^ the sayd Gyles shall have at the dey of my deathe evy 
of them vj<^ To Cateryn Hamer vj» viij^ To the wyfe of John 
Scholfeld X" To Edmde Hawortlio and Randull Haworthe whom I 

> Proved May 12th, 1573. It may be assumed that the testator was a Terj aged 
man at bis death, as in a letter to the Chancellor, dated Bochdale 1578, the Ber. 
Bichard Midgley, the Yicar, stated that " Alice Hamer of Hamer the relict was un< 
able to travel to the Court at Chester to prove the will, being of the great age of 88 
years and encompassed with sondrie infirmities," and therefore the will was sent by 
her *4ovinge friends" James Halliwell of Ealees and James Marland of MarUmd. — 
Lane. MSS. The testator was the head of a family possessed of feudal estates in 
Hamer in the 14th century which descended to his lineal representative James Hamer 
Esq., a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Ijanoaster, who 
alienated them in 1809 to John Entwisle of Foxholes Esq. Mr. Hamer died in Liver- 
pool in 1838, leaving male issue surviving. The present large and handsome hall 
is said to have been rc-built about 1750 by Mrs. Hamer, sister of Sir Henry Ibbotson 
of Denton Park Bart. 



LANOASHiaB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 205 

ham grandfather ey) of them xx" To Jane the wyfe of Arther 
Buckeley xx* To Agnes the wyfe of Thorns Bedferne xiij' iiij<^ To 
Gedete Hamer xxxiij" iiij<^ To the repatyon of Hamer mylne 
brydge and Heybrocke brydge iij" iiij^* to be bestowed at the dys- 
cretyon of my son Elys Hamer To my sayd son Elys Hamer one 
mucke weyne w^^ leaves one plowe one harowe w^ tethe [teeth] in 
one yoke one pejnre of olevys [?] ij greate bourdf standmge w*^in the 
howse at Hamer one cofer w^^ bathe the evydence in one stone 
trowghe and one garner to contynue as ij herelomes and all my 
tythe corne and greyne yerlye growynge upon my demayne of 
Hamer Dowryeheye and Wylrode paynge yerlye for the same the 
rentf of iij" v* to John Byron esquier or hys exrs pvydyd alweys 
that the sayd Elys H. shall imedyatle aft' my decesse paye for the 
same tythe unto my seyd executors the sume of xxx" To Gyles 
Hamer my son one of the three arkf in the bower w«^ he wyll chuse 
and th'^elder saltynge keyre I gyve the oyl saltynge kayre unto 
Arthure Buckeley my son in lawe All my yron ware belongynge to 
husbandrye to Gyles Hamer my son and Arther Buckeley my son 
in law equallye to be devydyd betwene them To Alys my wyfe the 
beste fetherbed w*^» bolster the beste co^lett ij beste shetf and ij 
beste blankettf The reste of my pte of goodf I frelye gyve &;c. 
them unto Alys my seyd wyfe and Arther Buckeley my son in law 
equally to be devydid betwene them I ordeyne my welbeloved wyfe 
Alys Hamer and Gyles H. my sayd son my executors I also desyre 
my sayd son Elys H. and my god son Robert Entwyssyll to assyste 
ray seyd executors as ovseers In psens &c. Wyilm Asheton John 

Holt Robert Haworthe hyll Edmde Butt'worthe Robert 

Entwyssyll w*^ others. 



206 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 



THE WILL OF ANNE MORE OF LIVERPOOL, 
WIDOW.i 



[The early part of the will is quite decayed.] My bodie to be 

buried w^in y^ parishe ohurche the said countie at the dis- 

creation of my executorf I geve unto my sonne Wiltm More of y* 
Banck Howse aforesaid esquier my best sylver salte gilte the w^^ at 
this jpnte remaineth in his owne custodie and possession one sylver 
cupp gilte w^^ a cover called a smale drinkinge cuppe one paire of 
greate rackc of iron sixe silver spoones with the apostles on the 
endf thereof To my sonne in lawe John Crosse Esquiere one yoke 
of draughte oxen viz. the beste yoke save one a oome waine with 
shod wheeles one paire of broad fflaxen sheets twoe of my best 
pillowebeares, ffy ve curtaines of sylke of colours yelowe and redde, 
and one cupbord cloth of stained worke To my sonne in lawe 
Nicholas ffazakerley gent my best ffether bedd and 3^ bolster to the 
same one standinge bedd and a wheelebed in y^ parlor where I was 
accustomed to lye with ffyve sylke curtaines to the same of colors 
redd and grene my best caddowe my best coveringe one fflatt bowle 
of silver w^ a cover to the same my best mantle one basin and a 
ewer of pewtor one London pottell potte of pewter my best chafyng 
dish and my best table carpett To my sonne Robert M. genf my 

best eat sylver cupp gilte and the cover to the same a sylver 

salte w*^ a cover percell gylte one dozen of sylver spoones w*^ 
kneppf at the endf thereof fower whereof are in the custodie of his 
wyffe To my sonne James M. one sylver pece called y® pounced 

1 ProTed 7th February, 1589 [1589-90]. Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas 
Hawarden of Chester, married John More of Bank Hall Esq., by whom she had fire 
sons and two daughters, William (ancestor of Colonel John More, governor of Lirer- 
pool for the parliament), James, Thomas, Robert, Anthony, Alys and Mary. — Add, 
MSS. British Museum 12,477 p. 27. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 207 

pece one silver salte percell gilte w^ute a cover and sixe sylver 
spoones To my sonne Anthonie M. a flatt boule of sylver w**k)ute a 
cover and sixe sylver spoones To Boberte ffazakerley sonne to my 
said son in lawe Nicholas ff. one sylver spoone w^ y® appostle on 
the enJe thereof Nevertheles my will is y* M' Robert ff. his graund- 
&ther shall haue y^ use and possession thereof duringe his naturall 
lyffe And to the said Robert ff. y® yonger one colte which he shall 
make choise of To Anne M. daughter of my said sonne Anthonye 
ffyve poundf and one sylver spoone w^^ a maidens heade on the 
ende and my sonne Willm M. and my son in lawe John Crosse 
shall putt forth the said sume of ffyve pounds to y® most proffeete of 
the said Anne untill shee shall come to lawAiU age To my cosin 
John More sonne and heire apparente to my said sonne Wilfan M. 
one brewinge panne in a corbe in y* brewhowse a brewinge cowmbe 
to the same and the stonne trogh thereunto belonginge one other 
stonne trogh for y* use of swyne meate w*^ one kneydinge tumell 
And all the bordf in y« kitchen mylkehowse and larder all the 
sylinge and wainescott in the hall and plor w^ all the hanging^ in 
the plor one cupborde in the buttrie viz. that cupborde vf^^ standeth 
at the upper ende there w^ all shoolves in the same buttrie shall 
remaine to the onelie use of the said John M. his executor^ &c. To 
my three servauntf John Wiftmsonn Anne his wyf and Robert 
Bolton to everie one of theim twentie shilling^ To the same Anne 
wyffe to the said John Wittmsonn one brasse potte called the gallon 
potte ffower pewter dishes of those that are occupied in the bowse 
one paire of towheard sheets one whyte blanquett of my owne 
makinge and one litle bolster lyinge w**^ me in pawne for twoe 
shilling^ or els twoe shillingf in money To Anne Walker daughter 
of Wilhn Walker decessed mye god daughter nowe beinge my 
servante maide one yonge heffer to goe forward with her To Mar- 
garet Cooke my servante maide one brasse potte w^^ was her ffathers 
lyinge to me in pawne for tenne shilling^ or els tenne shilling^ in 



208 LANCASHI&K AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

money Yt ia my will y* the sume of eighte poundf three shillingf 
foure pence owinge to Eatheria Bavand widowe by me shalbe paide 
I geve &c. to be distributed amonge the poore people of Lyverpoole 
the sume of twentie sixe shillingf eight pence either in money or 

at the discreation of my executor^ All the rest of my 

goodf &o. I geve to my three yonger sonnes to wete Boberte M. 
James M. and Anthony M. equallie to be devided amongeste theim 
I make my sonne Roberto M. and my son in lawe Nicholas ffaza- 
kerley' my executorf And to be supervisors of the same I desyre my 
Sonne Wittm M. and my sonne in lawe John Orosse In wytues &c. 



THE WILL OF JOHN CHARNOOKE OF 
FARINGTON, GENT.^ 



IN the name &c. 2 Nov. 1571 I John Ghamocke of ffarrington 
in the countye of Lancaster gent of good and pfecte mynde &c. 
My bodye to be buryed in the churche yarde of Leylond at the 
chauncell end nere unto the place where the bodyes of my fiather 
and mother were buryed or in suche other place where yt shall 
please Gt)d to take me owte of this worlde unto his mlcye I gyve 
unto Jahne my wief all my landes tenement^ &c. in ffulwood w^^ I 
latelye purchesed of my late M' S' Antonye Broune Knight decessed 

' Nicholas fikzakerley of ffazakerlej Esq. married Mary, and John Crosse of Lirer- 
pool Esq. Alice, daughters of the testatrix. 

' ProTed April, 1674. Bichard Charnock of Chamock gent, married first Isabel, 
daughter of William (Nicholas, Marl. MSS. 1487) Clayton of Leyland, by whom he 
had William his son and heir, John the teHator^ Anne married first Edmund Sergeant 
and secondly Bobert Barker, Jenet wife of Christopher Gradwell, and Cicely the wife 
of William Qradwell of Euxton. — Visitation in Chetham*s Library. Bichard Char- 
nock married secondly Agnes, daughter of William Fletcher of Samlesbuiy, and had 
issue Boger and Alice, who married John Sumner of Ulneswalton. — Harl. M8S. 
890, fo. 75 b. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 209 

nowe in [my] tenure and my tenement in fFarrington w«^ I latelye 
porchesed of S' Thorns Hesketh Enight nowe in the tenure of me 
the Bayd John and the wief of Nycholas Hodson and all those 
pcells of land called Gonylache ais Ck)mylache in Leylond w^ I 
latelye purchesed of the sayd S' Antonye Broune and twoo acres 
of medowe in Leylond w^ I latelye purchesed of the sayd S' Thoins 
H. Enight and that teiite in Ulneswalton nowe in the tenure of 
the wief o£ Thorns Graydell and Xpofer Graydell her son w<^ I 
latelye purchesed of my sayd late M>^ Antonye Broune and all my 
pte of the turbarye of Penworthame called Penworthame Mosse w<* 
I latelye purchesed of S' Thoins Oerrarde Enyght and my tene- 
ment called Myddlewood in Acton ids Aughton in [my] tenure 
and my copiholde landes in Penworthame in the tenure of Rauf 
Werdon w^ I purchesed of Thorns Serieant And I gyve &c. unto 
Jaline my wief all my landes tenement^ &c. in ffulwood Pen- 
wortham ffarrington Leylond Ulneswalton Groston and Acton ids 
Aughton or ells where w^in the countye of Lancaster during [her] 
naturall lyef And after the decesse of the sayd Jahne my wief I 
gyve &c. all my sayd landes and tenement^ in ffulwood unto TVittm 
Ghamocke my brothers son and his heyres for ev I gyve all my 
tenem^ called Middlewood after the decesse [as before] unto Roger 
Ghamocke my brother his heyres for ev And I gyve my tenement 
in Ulneswalton after [as before] unto Wittm Graydell my nevewe 
son unto Xpofer Graydell his heyres for ev^ I gyve th'*one half of all 
the pcellc of land called Gonylache ais Goraylache and th^alf of 
those twoo acres of medowe w«^ I latelye purchesed of the sayd S' 
Thoins Heskethe in Leylond after [as before] unto John Sumpner 
my brother in la we and Alys his wief during theyr lyves I gyve all 
my sayd copyholde landes in Penwortham in the tenure of the sayd 
Rauf Werdon after &:c. unto Alys Eytchyn wief to Bamabe E. 
gent, and late wief to Wiitm fforshay gent, decessed and to John 
fforshay my godson son and heyre apparent of the sayd Wittm and 

II. BE 



210 LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIKB WILLS. 

to the longer lyver of them I gyye all my pte of the turbaiye of 
Penwortham after &c. unto Robt Ghamocke of Asteley esquyer and 
to [his] heires males The resydue of all my sayd landes tenement^ 
&o. I gyve unto Thorns G. my nevew son and heyre apparent of 
Wittm G. my brother deoessed and to [his] heyres males I gyve 
unto the poore in Leylond pyshe xx^ and to the poore in Groston 
pyshe xx^^ the same to be dystrybuted in syxe yeres on evye Pashon 
Sonday in eyther of the sayd pyshes iij^ vj" viij^ To tha repacons of 
the churche of Groston i^^^ vj" viij^ And to the churohe of Leylond 
XX* To Wiitm G. my brothers son toward^ his exhibicon to man* 
teyne hym in his service xx^' To Wittm Graydell my nevew other 
xx^^ And further I gyve to the sayd Wi&m G. and Wittm G. 
yerelye duryng the lyef of Jahne my wyef eyther of them xx« To 
Roger Gh. my brother x^^ and xx> yerelye during the lyef of Jahne 
my wief To Bichard Shawe my servnnte one annuytye of vj« 
viij^ to be payd hym yerelye during his naturall lyef oute of my 
teiite in ffariugton in the tenure of the wief of Nicholas Hodson To 
Anne Gyslye and Elysabeth my servnnte women evye one xl* To 
Wittm Mondewe xl« To Wittm Exton xl» and to Adam Mondewe 
xl« To Gefraye Pemerton xx» To Jahne Graydell x^ To Rant 
Exton XX" To the wief of Xpofer Graydell my sister the wief of 
Wittm Graydell my sister and to Margaret my sister the wief of 
John Sumpner my sister and the wief of Wittm Ghemocke my 
sister in lawe evye one of them one olde angell and to e?ye one of 
theyr children ij" a pese To Peter Ghemocke my godson xx> and 
to evye one of my godchildren ij' a pese To young M' Worsley and 
his wief eyther a gold ring for a remembrunce To my cosen Alys 
fforshay one ring of gold e blacke enamyled To Thorns Gharnocke my 
nevew one yocke of steres and xx" yerelye to be payd oute of Pen- 
wortham Mosse during my wyff lyef yf the sayd Thoiiis be frendlye 
to my sayd wief To my cosen M' Bobt Gharnocke my best gelding 
and my bruche of golde and also my best sylver drinking cuppe w^ 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 211 

ouppe to be delyved at the decesse of my wief unto the sayd Robt or 
unto his eldest son to remajne at Asteley for an heyrelome for ever 
and to my cosen his wief one ring of golde The revsion of all my 
good(; and chattallf my funerall expensis and debtf dyscharged I 
gyve to Jahne my wief After the deoesse of Jahne my wief Wittm 
Oraydell to have the lease of Glayton demayne w<^ I and my wief 
doe holde by lease of my worshippfuU M' M' Edmunde Huddle- 
stone esquyer and his wief To my sayd M' and M"' to eyther of 
them foure olde ryalls of golde, desyring them bothe to be frendlye 
unto my wief and to all my poore frendf as nede shall requyre I 
constitute &o. Jahne my wief my executryxe I desyre the right 
worshippftdl S>^ Thorns Hesketh Knight and my veraye assured 
trustye frend M' Robt Ohemocke of Asteley esquyer to be supvysors 
hereof And to the sayd S' Thorns Hesketh I doe gyve three olde 
ryalls of golde for a small &c. In wytnes &;c. by me John Charnoke. 
[The signature autograph. No witnesses.] 



THE WILL OF JOHN TALBOT OF 
WHALLEY, GENT.' 



IN the name &c. SO Aprill 1694 I John Talbotte of Whalley 
gentleman sicke in bodie &c. To be buried in the parishe 
ehurche of Whalley I give unto my cosine M' Thomas Talbotte of 
Bashall in the countie of Yorke esquier aU interest &o. which I 
have in the Oreate Bame the Gylle Close the Great Toftes the 
Milne Ynges and the Springe in SMrinden in Graven in the countie 
of Yorke pcell of the inheritance of the said Thomas T. [and] all 

' Frored Dee. 12, 1594. Jolm Talbot gent of the Inner Temple, London, was a 
nattiral son of ThonuM Talbot of Bashall E^q. — Whitaker^t Craven^ p. 24. 



212 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

leasses and writingc touchinge the premisses To Elizabethe my 
wiflfe and to her assignes my lease ffarminge housses and growndes 
whiche I haue by lease of M' lustice Walmysley in Billington and 
Wilpshire laite the inheritaunce of one Richard Cunliffe To James 
Ashtone of Chadderton esquire my sonne in lawe and to Anne my 
daughter nowe wiffe unto the said James twoe leasses whiche I 
haue of two messuage &nd teiitf &c. in Bashall whiche I haue by 
the demisse of my said cosine M>^ Thomas T. the one of them laite 
in tenure &c. of one Alexander Parker commonlie called the Rishey 
ais Horsey and th^other of them in the tenure &c. of one MartineCoult- 
hurste To my said cosine M' Thomas T. of Bashall x^ to thHntente 
that the said T. T. shall cause to be maid one silver bowle gilded 
for the use of the said T. T. and my cosine his wiffe To M^ Justice 
Walmysley xx" and to his bedfelowe and M' Thomas his sonne 
eyther of them x> To M' Ralphe Ashton of Whalley esquire and 
his wiffe eyther of them x" To M' Wiftm ffarington^ esquire my 
brother in lawe and my sister his wiffe and theire three sonnes everie 
one of them x« To M' Robte Holden of Holden esquire x» To my 
brother in lawe John Pker of Extwissill^ xl" and unto Richard 
Grombocke sonne of Wiltm G. my godsonne xx" And to John 
Grombocke sonne of Richard G. laite of Wiswall my godsonne xx» 
To my cosine EUine Langtree x« To M' Thomas Hartegreave of 
Ghadderton a paire of blacke satine hose and to M' Wittm Ashton 
servante there a paire of tur taffitie hose To Thomas Skofeild a 
paire of newe buffe hose and to Wittm Willson servant to the said 
James Ashton a newe cloke which I laste maid I give to Locke 
the horse keep my white cloke and to Henrie Blackebome my raper 
and to Banckes my daggar To John Smithe my quiver and all my 

* For an interesting life of this remarkable man see Canon Baines*8 Introduction to 
The Stanley Paperty part ii. Ghetham seriee. 

' The want of a good pedigree of thu old and well connected familj, now repre- 
sented by Robert Townlej Parker Esq. of Extwisle and Cuerden, is much to be 
regretted. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 213 

arrowes and to M' Richard Ashton of Downhame my steele bowe 
To mj sister Aspden xx" To John Leighe and Jenete Cooke 
servant^ to M' Balphe Ashton aforesaid either of them v" To 
Robte Etaughe my servant xl" and to Agnes Yngham my maid- 
servant X" and to Thomas Ghidde ray servant x" and Wifim Pettie 
my beste blacke cloke To Wittm Crombocke of Clerkhill my 
Skottishe daggar To Elizabethe nowe my wiffe all such gold silver 
coyne plaite howsholde stufie horses one cowe with all such beddinge 
linnen arkes chistf &c. as I haue prouided for houskeepinge AJlso 
where dyvers psons haue borrowed dyvers somes of money of mee as 
doth appere by theire bonndes yt is my will that in evy obligacon 
that the some ys xxij^^ I doe give to the debtor the odde xl" and in 
everie obligacon that is xj^^ I doe give to the debtor the odde xx* 
and soe in everie other obligacon being lesser some after the same 
rate upon condicon that all such debtors shall pay theire money at 
theire [dayes and they that will not paie the money at theire daye 
shall lose the benefite of my gifte To James Ashtou of Chadderton 
my Sonne in lawe and to Anne my daughter his wiffe the residewe 
of all debtf by bill or bound as ys owing unto me Whereas I haue 
paied him greate somes of money as he and I did agree upon w^^ 
my daughter in mariage I trust he will augement her ffeoftment 
consideringe what I give him as he will answere me in another 
worlde To Elizabethe my wiffe my lease of the tythe come of Cun- 
liffe The resydewe of all my goodes I give &c. unto Elizabethe my 
wiffe I ordaine &c. Thomas Talbotte esquire my cosine and my 
brother in lawe John Pker of Extwissell my executors Witnesses 
Kobte Osbaldeston &c. 



214 LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIBS WILLS. 

THE WILL OF EDWARD HALSALL OF 
HALSALL ESQ.» 



IN the name &o. 27 April 1594 Be yt knowen to all men 
that I Edward Halsall of Halsall in the countie of Lane 
eaquier make this my last will &c. fiyrst I comytt my self whollie 
to the mercie of Almightie Godd by whoise grace I trust to die a 
member of his Gatholyke churche And my will is that my bodie 
be beryed (yf yt oonvenientlie may be) in the pisshe churche or 
chauncell of Halsall wishinge (although yt maye seme but a vanitie) 
that suohe ptes of the bodie of Ursula my late wief and of Richard 
H. my £onne as shall then remayne unconsumed maye be taken owt 
of the pisshe churche of Prescott where they were buryed and layd 
in grave withe me where also I am verye desirous to haue Anne 
nowe my wief (when Godd shall call for her) lykewise to lie yf yt 
may so stand with Gx>ddf pleasure to the ende that wee may allto- 
gether joyfuUie ryse at the last daye to live as my hope is wee shall 
with Christ our Lord evlastinglie in his glorious kyngdome I give 
to my god son Maister Henrye Stanley^ his sonne on angell of gold 
And to Maistres Dorythie his suster wief of my cosyn Outhbert 

> ProTed June 6th, 16d4. Edward Halsall, Esq., thotigh not mentioned in the 
Visitation of 1667, was a younger son of Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall Knight by 
Margaret, daughter of James Stanley. See his brother's will pp. 85-37 9upra, He 
was Becorder of Liverpool in 1572, was Mayor of the same town in the years 1579 
and 1586, and died in 1593, et 76. — Qregson's DroffmenU, second edition, p. *221. 

The testator married first Ursula, daughter of by whom he had a son 

Kiohard, who died before his father, and secondly Anne, daughter of Mr. Foulke 
Dutton of Chester, and widow of John Webster, Alderman of Chester, and had no 
issue by her. He was succeeded in the Halsall estates by Mr. Cuthbert Halsall, 
afterwards Sir Cuthbert Halsall Knight. 

' Henry Stanley Esq., natural son of Henry Earl of Derby, ancestor of the 
Stanleys of Broughton Hall, near Manchester. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 215 

Halsall one other angell To my welbeloved dowghter in lawe Anne 
Leche late wief to Maister Bobt Leche^ doctor of lawe and late 
ehanncelor of Chester one angell of gold To my godson Edward 
Leohe sonne of the said M' Bobt L. xl" And to Thomas L. Robert 
L. and Wittm L. his bretheme evy of theym x" in gold or Bylver To 
Anne Leche doughter of the said M' Bobt L. in oonsideracon of her 
servisable attendaunce upon me twentie pounds toward^ her pfer- 
ment in mariage yf she be not maryed before my decesse and yf she 
be then one angell of gold as a remembrance of my gudd will 
towardf her To Alice Leche one other dowghter of the said EU)bt 
L. xx« To Thomas Ecoleston sonne of my cosyn Thomas Eccleston 
of Eccleston nere Knowseley esquier decessed the some of vj^ xiij^ 
iiij^ so that he will accept the same in full recompense and satis- 
facon of suche porcon of goodf as came (as he ptendeth) to my 
handC after the deathe of his said father as his reasonable porcon or 
childf pte of goodes whiche said some (all thingf betwene us 
accompted and allowed) dothe in my conscience farr excede the 
value of the remayne of goodf by me supposed to be receyvid To 
my welbeloved cosy Henry Eccleston of Eccleston esquier one fatt 
oxxe To Thomas Foxxe and John Halssill my servant^ either of 
theym one of my geldings at the discrecon of myne executors and 
to either of their wieff one angell of gold To my suster Grace 
Coney xx* to bestowe upon some thingf at her pleasure as a remem- 
brannce of me Myne executor shall bestowe upon my godson 

' Bobert Leohe LL.D., Chanoellor of Chester in 1562, was second son of George 
Leohe, Alderman of Chester, second son of John Leche of Carden Esq. by Margaret, 
daughter aud heiress of John (George) Manvarinfj of Ightfield, and was buried at 
Malpas 5th Noyember 1587. — Ormerod, vol. i. p. 87, vol. ii. p. 207. The Chan- 
cellor married Anne, daughter and heiress of John Webster, Alderman of Chester by 
Anne, daughter of Foulke Dutton of Chester, by whom he had issue Sir Edward 
Leche of Shipley, Thomas, Bobert and William, Anne wife of Bobert Moore of 
Liverpool, and Alice who married John Brettargh of Brettargh Holt. — Sari. MSS, 
2119, fol. 97. 



216 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Edward Heskeyne one heffer calf of one yere old and upon e9y 
other my godsonnes xij^ saving to Edward Halsall sonne of my 
cosyn Gilbt Halsall and to Edward Foxxe sonne of the said Thomas 
Foxxe to either of whom I give one crowne of gold or fyve shillingf 
in silver at the discrecon of myne executor To e9y of my howsehold 
servant^ waringe my liverye at the tyme of my decesse iij» iiij<* And 
to evy other my servant^ xij* besidf their wages To my cosyn 
Cuthbert Halsall (who is to succede me in the howse of Halsall) all 
my bookf of what sort so e9 the same be to remayne in save keping 
in the said howse to the use of the ownours thereof and of their 
children apt to the studio of the comoii lawe of this realme or to 
other lernynge as a memoriall of the good will w<^^ I do beare (as I 
am bounden) towardf the said howse The residewe of all my goodf 
&c. I give to my welbeloved wief Anne Halsall And for as muche 
as my howse in Eccleston afibresaid their buylded to my great 
charge shuld upon a sooden after my decesse be utterlie dispoyled and 
all together left naked and bare of suche implement^ of howsehold 
as I have with some coostf pvided for the furniture thereof my will 
therefore further is that my said frendf of trust Henry Eccleston 
esquier^ Thomas Foxxe and John Halsall my servant^ shall suffer 
my said wief to use all the ambres cupbordf leades &c. in my said 
howse at Eccleston for her naturall lief and after her decesse suche 
other pson as shall then be ownour of the said howse by the lymy ta- 
ffin of certen other conveyaunce by me made concnynge my landf 
and tentf in Eccleston Sutton and Ditton and so there to remayne 
as heire lomes from tyme to tyme so longe as the same shall last 
After my debtes and legacies shalbe fullie discharged all the rest of 
the goodes and cattail^ [except] suche tymber in Halsall and 
Eccleston and in Wyndle whiche at the tyme of my decesse shall 

' Henry Booleston, grandson of John Eccleston of Eccleston Esq. by Katherine, 
daughter of Sir Henry Halsall Knight, and sister of the testator. — Suffield 
MS8, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 217 

remayne unwrought shall be devided into twoe equall ptes and that 
my said frendf of trust shall delyv' the one of the said ptes so devided 
to my said wief at her choice to use and bostowe at her pleasure 
The other moytie of the said goodes and cattallf to be likewyse 
devided into twoe other equall ptes and that my said frendf of 
trust shall as a monument of my gud will towardf my said wief 
delyv the one pte thereof to her at her choice to use at her pleasure 
upon hope that she will stand gudd aunte to my servant Thomas 
Dutton her cosyn to whom I do onelie give the some of iij^ vj* viij* 
upon trust that she will extend her gudnes further towardf hym then 
the value of so small a legacie My said ffrendf shall bestowe so 
moche of the other pte of the said goodes and of the tymber before 
excepted as shall sufEse for the fynishing of the buildinge of the 
schole howse at Halsall whiche I have beggune to erect and sett upe 
there And to the ende that the evidences and wrytingf towchinge 
my landf and tentf appoynted to certen uses by me made maye be 
savelie kept and pserved my will is that my said wief who is to 
enioye the said land^ and tentf ymediatlye after my decesse shall 
have the kepinge of the said evidences and wrytingC for defence of 
her estate and by her to be left to my said cosyn Henry Eccleston 
and to the heires males of his bodie lawfuUie begotten for defence of 
their estate in the said landf and tentf duringe the contynuaunce of 
their estate therein And to the entent it maye be knowen what 
pcellf of evidence are to be demanded in that behalf I meane Godd 
willing to cause true copies or brief notes thereof to be wryt into a 
booke to be subscrybed with my hand and name and the same to 
leave in the custodie of the lordf of the mano' of Halsall in savetie 
amongest their evidence in the mansion howse comonlye called the 
hall of Halsall so that they who shall be enforced to use suche suyte 
may have accesse thereunto when occasion shall require I make my 
said wief Anne H. myne executrix and my said trustie and faithfuU 
cosyn Henry Eccleston esquier and my said servantf Thomas fFoxxe 

II. FF 



218 LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIBI WILLS. 

and John Halsall supvisours thereof If mj said wief do refuae to 
take upon her the pformanoe of this my will then I make my said 
servant John Halsall executor of the same In wittines &c. 



THE WILL OF ALICE PENDLETON, WIDOW.* 



IN the name &c. the (sk) daye of (sic) 1588 I Alyce Pen- 
dylton widowe late wyffe of George P. late of Manchester 
draper beinge in good health &o. I comytt my bodye to christian 
buriall in the chappell called Jesus chappell within the parishe 
ohurche of Manchest' as neare unto my late husbande as may be or 
els where yt shall please God to appoynte I give unto my sonne 
in la we Mr. John Croxton^ and to my daught' Cicelye his wyffe one 
hundreth poundes in money betwixte theym Unto George Groxtoa 
Geoffrey G. and Suzanna G. three of the children of the saide John 
G. begotten of y« bodie of my saide daughter Gycelie threescore 
poundes equallye to be devided emongste theym To Alice 0. 
daughter of the saide John G. and lykewyse begotten of y^ bodye of 
my saide daughter Gycelye the suine of ffortye poundes To my bro- 
ther John Gee six poundes thirtene shillinges ffowre pence To my 
brother Henry Gee tenne poundes To my three bretherne Raphe 
G. Thomas G. and ffrauncys G. ffortye shillinges a piece To my 
brother Edwarde G. tenne poundes To my mother Elizabeth G. 
six poundes thirtene shillinges ffowre pence To John G. sonne of 

> Proved July 31, 1591. 

' John, son and heir of William Groxton of Bavensqroft oo. Gest. gent., married 
Cicely, daughter [and heiress] of Qeorge Pendleton of Manchester, afterwards wife 
of Bohert, younger son of Henry Main waring of Carinoham. He died 41 Elizabeth, 
and was grandfather of Thomas Croxton of Barenscroft, a colonel in the servioe of the 
Parliament and governor of Chester. — Ormerod, vol. iii. p. 111. 



LANCABBIRB AND CHBaHIRB WILLS. 219 

my saide brother John G. ffortye Bhillinges To Edwarde G. aonne 
of my brother Raphe G. three poundes six shilliDges eighte pence 
To Edwarde G. Henry G. Elizabeth G. and Margaret G. sonnes 
and danghters of my brother Henrye G. eighte poundes equallye to 
be devyded emongste theym To my sister Elizabeth Bispham ffor- 
tye shillinges and one blacke gowne To ray sister Anne Attersbye 
twentye shillinges and one blacke gowne To my mayde servaunte 
Margaret twentye shillinges and a gowne and a peticoate of my 
owne apparell Unto my other maide serraunte Dorothie twentye 
shillinges and a gowne and a peticote of my owne apparell I give 
all y* reste of my apparell unto my saide daughter Oycelye Croxton 
To Bycharde Adlington one blacke oloake and tenne shillingC To 
my saide sonne in lawe John 0. and to my saide bretherne John G. 
Henry G. Raphe G. Thomas Edwarde and ffrancys G. and to John 
G/ Sonne unto my saide brother John and to Edwarde and Henry 
G. sonnes unto my saide brother Henry and to my welbeloved 
firende M' Thomas Goodyeare^ to e9ye one of theym a mouminge 
oloake To my mother Elizabeth G. to M" Croxton mother to my 
Sonne in lawe John C. my daughter Oycelye C. my brother John G. 
his wyffe my brother Henry G. his wyffe my brother Raphe G. his 
wyffe my brother Thomas G. his wyffe and to y« relicte of ffrancys 
Pendilton to e^ye one of theym a mouminge gowne To Alyce G. 
daughter of my saide brother Raphe G. twentye shilling^ And to 
Genet Pilkinton a ffryse gowne alreadye made I give &c. all my 
parte of my best silver ealte and of my best goblet and silv potte 
unto y® saide George G. sonne unto my sonne in lawe John G. 
and the one halffe of all y® rest of my pte of household stuffe ym- 
plementf of howseholde pewter brasse plate beddes &c. And the other 
halfe of my howsehold stuffe &c. I give unto my bretherne Henry 

' Mr. Thomas Q-oodjeare married Katherine, widow of Ealph Sorocold of Man- 
chester merchant, and (probably) brother of Mr. Thomas Sorocold, rector of Saint 
Mildred in the Poultry, London.— See Stanley Papers, part ii. p. 142, Chetham aeries. 



220 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

G. and Edwarde G. equallye betwixte theym My said household 
goodes shalbe equally derided by the discrecon of my deare fFrend 
M' Thomas Qoodyeare yf otherwyse they can not agree aboute y« 
division of the same To the said Oeorge Croxton a moumioge 
cloake and a coate I give towardes the repayringe of Jesus chaple 
afforesaide fibrtye shillinges I give unto six poore men and six 
poore women in Manchest' to evye one of theym a ffryse gowne and 
to twelve poore children in Manchest' to evye one of theym a ffryse 
coate I will that my executors doe take out of ray goodes three 
poundes and distribute y^ same to y* poore people in Manchest' To 
George Pendiltdn three shillinges fourpence and one of y® ffryse 
gownes afforesaide All landes teiites or leases lefte to me by the 
last will of ray husbande George P. I will shall remayne to my 
daughter Cycelye C. and to her heyres &c. The remaynd' of all 
my goodes I give unto y« children of my saide daught' Cycelye 0. 
equallye to be devided amongste theym I ordeyne &c. my saide 
Sonne in lawe John Croxton and Cycelye my daughter my executors 
And I request my welbeloved brothers John Gee and Henry G. and 
my beloved ffrend M' Thomas Goodyeare to be supvisora &c. 

Attached to the above is a M"^.? that the xiiij daie of Aprill 1591 
Alice P. widow fearing the houre of death to approch did call for 
her will w^^ she said she had made and caused the same to be readde 
in the presence and hearinge of the witnesses hereunder subscribed 
and then and there published the same &c. Edward Gee Waringe 
Croxton Henrie Gee with others. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 221 



THE WILL OF ROBERT ENTWYSLE OF 
THE FOXHOLES.' 



IN the name &c. the ... . daye of Auguste 1574 I Robart 
Entwysle of the ffoxholes in the towne of Hunnersfelde and 
parishe of Rachdalle of whole mynde &c. My bodie I committe to 
the earth to be buriede in the churche yearde of Rachdall amongiste 
the bodies of other faythfuU Chrystians theare abydinge the joifull 
comniinge of Jesus Chryste at the general! daie of iudgmente My 
will ys that the parsone of the said parysshe churche of Rachdall 
shall haue hys niortuarye My said goodes shalbe equallie devided 
into thre partes one parte therof I geve unto Jane my welbelovid 
wyffe An other parte I geve unto Josephe [and] Abell my sonnes 
Jane Marye and Dorathie my daugters to be equallie amongiste 
them devided And out of the third parte I will that my funerall 
expences shalbe dischargede And oute of the same parte I doe geve 
&c. unto M' Mydgley vicar of the said pishe church of Rachdall 
vja vjijd requestinge hym to make a funerall sermo at my buriall or 

at such other tyme as yt shall please God to appointe for the 

and comforthe of my frendes and brethren I geve unto Jane my 
wellbelovid wyffe one fetherbed towe sheetes tow blankettes one 
coverlet one boulster and two pyllowes so longe as she shall keepe 
hyr selfe sole and unmariede and yf she marye againe after my 
departure my will ys that the same goodes shall remayne unto my 
said fy ve yonger children to be amongiste them equallie devided To 

* ProTed September 1, 1574. This testator and his will were unknown to Mr. 
Lodge in 1807, when the pedigree of Entwisle of Foxholes was recorded in the Col- 
lege of Arms, and renders the upper part of that pedigree of more than questionable 
anthentioitj. The will is referred to in the Stanly Papers^ part ii. p. 178, note, 
Chetham series. 



222 LA.NCASHIRE AND CHE8HIRB WIILS. 

mj eldest sonne and heire Byohard E. towe great garnara in the old 
barne one plowe one paire of plowe yrons one harrowe one great 
paire of wholes one standinge horde in the house all my hamishe 
one paire of bedstockes in whiche I lye my best coffer whearin my 
evidences lye a paire of turve waine boughes one sylver spoone to 
remayne to hym and his heires at my mansion house as heire lonibe 
I geve &o. one litle Bible to my sonne Rychardd and the said Jane 
my wyffe and they to see the same occupied everie Sabaothe daie 
when there ys no sermons nor sacramentes in ministringe and in 
the weeke daie my will and mynde ys that my porest kinsfolkes 
whiche are not able to by a Bible shall haue the same lent unto 
theim To John Ogden my seruant vj» viij^ To John Butterworth 
my seruante vj" viijd To John Wylsonn my servaunte vj* viij^ To 
Jane my welbelouid wyffe Rychard E. my eldest sonne to Joseph 
and Abell my yonger sonnes all my bokes in my studio and my 
librarie to be amongyste theim equally devided Whearas I haue 
letten unto John Wolstenholme and Arthure Whitheade two mes- 
suages and landes throne of which ys callid Grayefeeldheyes in the 
towneshippe of Hunncrsfelde and th'^other ys callid Levengreave in 
the towneshippe of Spotlande payinge therfore yerelie to me and my 
heires the yerelie rent of xx* (viz.) for the messuage callid Oraye- 
feedeheyes xiij" iiij<^ and for the messuage callid Levengreave 
yj* viij^ at daies and feastf acustomede I doe by this my psent 
testament allow [it] to be my lawfull acte and deede The residue 
of all my goodes and chattells I doe geve unto the said Josephe 
Abell Jane Marye and Dorathie my yonger children to be 
equallie amongiste theim to be devidede And I ordaine &c. Jane 
my welbelovid wyffe my executrix And for the true execuffin 
thearof accordinge to my will and mynde I geve unto the said Jane 
my wyffe xl" over and aboue the legacies to her before bequeathide 
And T nominate ffrauncys Entwysell my brother Eles Hamer 
Thomas Telier and Thomas Stotte supervisors to correct my execu- 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 223 

tnx yf she doe not performe this my present testament in everie 
behalfe earnestly prayinge theim for God hys behalfe and for the 
frendshippe they haue shewed me in theyr l}fie tyme to take the 
paines to se this my testament pfonnede wyth such diligence as thoy 
wold wyshe there owne testament to be performede when God shall 
call theim to bis mercye remembringe the sayinge of holie Scripture 
such measure as ye meate wytfaall ye shall haue measurude againe 
In wyttnes wheareof I haue sette my sealle &c. in the presence of 
William Hamer James Buckley Randall Gasson wyth many others 
beinge speciallie callid and requested thearto. 



THE WILL OF RICHARD JONES, GLERK, 
RECTOR OF BURY.J 



GLORYE be to God the Father maker of all thyngf to God 
the Sone rederaer of me and all mankynde throwghe whose 
deathe and passion [T] trnste merely to be saved together w^^ the 
Holye Gooste throwghe whose sanctyfycacon I beleve I shalbe made 

ptaker of the heavenlie provyded for the electe of God to 

whome be everlastynge honore and prayse Amen 15 June 1568 

I Rycharde Jones clerk of Burye beinge of good mynde &c. 

my bodye to the earthe frome whence yt came to be buryed within 
the chauncell on the sowth syde over anendf where Syr Thomas 
Holte ys buryed My wyll ys that everye pore bodye that shall cu 
to my buryall shall have a penye and meate and the rychersorte to 
have theyr doner Unto one hundrethe of the pooreste howse kepers 

1 The iDTentoiy is dated July 15, 1568. Richard Jonet was instituted to the 
Bectoiy of B1117 4th February 1557, on the presentation of Hugh Jonet for that time 
only, by permission of the Earl of Derby. — Baine^s Lane, toI. ii. p. 666. 



224 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

in Burye pyshe to every one of they halfe a hope of ote mele or 
money to bye yt withall as the pryce [is] in Bachedall marketh To 
my successor all tables cheyres greate arkes as well in the barne kilne 
as in the store howse with all saltynge tubbes in the larder foure 

cupebordes two in the buttre and one in my chamber and 

one where I lye all bruynge vesseles of leade or woode and all the 
hogg^ headf barels ruletes and stondes also thre carved bedstockes 

one in my lordf chamber an other in the parlour chamber 

with all other bedstockes in the howse all hangyng^ in the hall and 
all the turves woodde and coolies that I shall happen to haue at the 
tyme of my [decease] on condyKn that he aske no delapydacons 
and that he be bounden to my lorde^ and hys heyres to [leave the] 
same after hys deathe to remayne as standarts in the same howse 
for mayntennce of hospetalytye so long as they laste And I 
bequeth unto hym by the waye of charyte all my servnutf 

trustynge that he wylbe to they as I My wyll ys that 

everye servnnte that I haue shall haue ona hole yeres waygf to 
be payde to they suche onelye to be excepte as hereafter I shall 
bequeth oylthyngf To S' Roger Hodgekynson one flock bedde 
one bolster one payre of shettf ij blancketf one coverlet and my 
sylke coverynge my surples and fyve poundf Unto Henry Jones 
filio Hugonis xx** shape one cowe and xx^ To John Belfyld x» 
To Joseph Bothe xx* To Thomas Jones of Pymhole xx« and one 
cowe vf^ a calfe To Alys Both vj^ xiijs iiijd* To Marget Bothe xl" 
To Elyzabeth Bolton xl« To Wittm Jones xl^ To Ather Batersbe 

xx» hopes of mele To Roger Jones xx» To Alexannder 

Holte vj» viijd To the wyff of Andrewe Alenis xx» Untc everye 
one y* I am uncle to with bequeste vjs viij^ My wj'll ys Tho- 
mas Jones^ shalbe kept to lernynge in Cambrydge upon my chargf 

1 Edward Earl of Derby. 

' There is little doubt that this object of the testator's benerolence was Thomas 
younger son of Henry Jones of Boarshaw in the parish of Middleton in the county 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 225 

BO long that I haue in Radclyff wylbe able to bear hym 

trustynge therebye that he wylbe able to helpe the reste of hys pore 
filth [erlesjs bretherin and systers To my god sone John Jones xl' 

To Alys Jones hys syster xl" to Anne and Besse eyther of 

theym xiij" iiij^ To Evane Jones one fetherbedde one bolster one 

payre of shettf ij blancke coverlet ij kyen one swyne and 

the tackf of the grounde y^ I haue of Rye Flecher in Bedevolces 
To Bye Jones sone of my brother Thomas xx" Unto everye w^ 
my said brother hadde besydf vj* viij^ apece To Anne Grenenalgh 
XX" To Rye Symon xx» To Thomas Symon xx» To Marye 
Symon vj* viijd To Elyn Symon vj« viij^ To my suster Elizabeth 
one fetherbedde w^^ she hath in her custody and xl* To Anne and 
her husbande one fetherbedde one bolster one payre of shettf ij 
blanket^ one coverlett iij kyen ij sylver spones ij swyne iij^^ and su 
gowne to make her a gowne of To the wy ff of Henry Jones th^elder 

xx> To Thomas Jones servantte to M' Grenenalgh in con- 

sideracon of the gatherynge of my ty the come money in the fforreste* 

To foure chylderon of Holme everye one v* To Wiftm 

Ghatherton one angell and to everye chylde he hath vj' viij<^ To 
everye chylde y* I am god father to y* comyth for to receyve yt xij^ 

To the late wyff of Hugh Jones ye chylde of hers to whome 

I haue yeven nothynge v}> viij<^ To Thomas Jones Hughes sone 

the money eth unto me and one fetherbedde in my chamber 

at Borshaye^ and further as my good wyll extende at the sight of my 
To Rye Jones Henry sone all my chamber as yt standyth 

of Lancaster, yeoman, afterwards in holy orders D.D., consecrated Bishop of Meath 
1584, translated to the archiepiscopal see of Dublin in 1605, in which year he became 
Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The Archbishop died in 1619, being succeeded by his 
son, Sir Roger Jones Knt, created in 1628 Baron Jones and Viscount Banelagh, 
ancestor of the present peer. — Lane. MSS. roL xxxi. p. 129 ~ 141. 

^ Holcombe forest. 

3 Boarshaw, an ancient fireehold in the parish of Middleton, was the inheritance of 
the Jones's for more than one hundred and fifty years after this date. — Lane, MSB, 
▼ol. zxxi. p. 141. 

II. GO 



226 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

fiirnysshed one fetherbedde . . . . de and all y^n oontened one fether- 
bedde afifore exoepte to Thomas Jones To Gkorge Lee xx> To 
Elizabeth the wyff of Robert Gleton xx' To Bye Jones sone to olde 

Henry the money w^ he owgheth unto me gell To Bye 

Glough x^ w<^ I lent hym to bye and sell with all and ij sylver 

spones to everye chylde x To M' Charyngton suche money 

as he owght unto me for tythe To the pson of Myddleton^ .... xx" 
To my good lord foure angels I wyll that the ffbure bokes of Cry- 
sostem be chened in the churche and there to remayne for ever I 
wyll that Henry Marrecrofte^ shall haue my calapyne and my para- 
frasies To M' Grenehalgh my mare To M' Hopewodde one angell 
To M' Raddyff of Longleye iij angells If 1 departe in such tyme 
of the yere that my goodt wyll not extende to pforme my wyll then 

all Thomas Jones kepynge to Cambrydge onelye to have y* 

w«^ ys bequethed unto theym pvyded y* yf do departe thys 

worlde or leave the scole afifore that w^ ys asseyned to hym be spende 
then my wyll ys th[at] the reversion shalbe bestowed upon my two 
god sones John Jones and Joseph Bothe tovirards kepynge they to 
the 8[chool] The reste of my goodf my executors shall equallye 
devyde and gyve one pte to the por[e8t] bowse holders in Burye 
pyshe and th'other halfe to the poreste of my kynsfolkes I make 
my executors Edmunde Prestwyche Edmunde Assheton Bye Bad- 
clyfiT Syr Boger Hodgekynsone and Evan Jones desyrynge my 
good lorde and the pson of Myddleton to be oversears &c. And 
where I haue bequethed nothynge to M^ Prestwyche nor to M' 
Edmude Assheton for theyr paynes my wyll ys they shall haue 

thre angels a pece In wytnes &c Wittm Overall BaufiT 

Barlow Bauff Batersbe Wittm Fyldes Jamys Holme Bycharde Hall. 

^ Bev. John Assheton, son of Sir Biohard, buried 9th October 1584 in the Rector's 
chancel at Middleton. — Xoiic. USS. toI. i. p. 846. 

' Henry Marcroft was curate of Bury, and answered Bbhop Downham's Tisitation 
caU, 1568. 



LANCA8HIBE AND CHESHIBE WILtS. 227 

Dettf to me owynge over and besydes suohe as be contenyTige 
within xnj dette boke and specialtyes as folowythe. 
In p'inis Alezaunder Barlow esquier v^. 

Item Mathew Bothe sayinge the pryce of one velvet night oappe v^. 
By me Byc^ Jones clerke. 



THE WILL OF ALICE MASSEY OF 
CHESTER, WIDOW.* 



IN the name &o. 15 Jan7 1597 [1597-8] I Alice Massye of 
the cittye of Chester widdow late wyfe to William Massye 
late of the said cittye alderman deceased I commend my bodye 
to the earth whereof it is made desiring that the same may be buried 
in my parish church yard so neare unto my saied husband as con- 
venientlie it may be buryed I give to my sonne Gerard M. all the 
waynescott glasse painted clothes borders above the waynscott tables 
w^ their frames whereon they stand and all my beddsteadf w^^ now 
are w*Mn the house wherein I now dwell in the Watergate street 

and my best andiron f my best carpett my ounting chest in 

the like lower parlour my best cipresse chest in the chamber over the 
hall my husbandf late best gowne once faced w^^ velvett and best 
£G[re-shovell and tonges Unto my sonne Lawrance M. a signett 

1 ProTod September 18th, 1600. Alioa daughter of Thomas Barand of Chester 
married William Massey Alderman of Chester (son of Biohard ICassey of Gh«fton by 
Margery daughter of William Bamston of Churton) and had issue Laurence, Edward, 
Jane wife of Peter Newall gent, and a son and heir Gherard Massey B.D., Rector of 
Wigan, nominated to the Bishopric of Chester but died before C3n8eoration, 16th 
January, 1616-16, and was buried at St. Marjr's Church, Saroy. — Ormerod, toI. ii. 
p. 387. He sold the 0rafton estate to Peter Warburton Bsq. (afterwards knighted) 
Justice of the King's Bench, in whose descendant Edward John, Lord Stanley of 
Alderley, the property u now Tested. 



228 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

ring having the Massjes armes upon it together w^^ this poeaie 
Amici donu one bedestead and one cipresse chest to be given att the 
discretion of my sonne G-erard my great lead in the court my scales 
and my weighty in the sellar To my daughter Jane NewalU a 
cypresse chest standing in the like parlour w^ my shorter dammaske 
table cloth w^^ a damaske towell belonging to it my best gowne best 
kirttle best petticote and my velvett hood and two ringes of gold viz. 
my best ring fashioned to a serpent and a hoope ring w^ was my 
husbandf To Elsabeth Newall my daughters daughter ffbrtie poundf 
toward f her marriage good and a like gold ring w* a pearle in it To 
iny sonne Thomas M. the greatest chest standing in the parlour and a 
ring of gold enameled w* a deathf head in it To my sonne Edward 
M. one gold ring w^ a diamond in it my next best chest in the 
chamber over the parlour To my sonne Gerard M. more a gold 

ring w*^ this poesie in it no ens coniunxit homo nox seperat 

and my litle lead in the court To my nephew and cossin William 
Jhonson my best turkey ring of gold or my iron weightes in the 
sellar To my nephew and cossin Hugh Jhonson tenn pounds and 
to my neice and cossin Merriam Jhonson other tenn poundf and a 
grogram gowne w*^ one guard of velvett about it and to my sister 
Jane Bankes my best blacke gowne my best tafFata kirtle and a pet- 
ticote w*^ some linnens appertayninge to my bodye at the discretion 
of my daughter Jane Newall and a gold ring engraved in it this 
poesie Riches are unsteadfast To [my] neeces Ellen Bankes and 
Ales B. my saied sisters daughters the some of xx^^ that is to say to 
either of them tenn pound f a peece to be payed when so soone as 
such money as is owinge of the money lent by my saied late husband 
to Adam Bankes their ifather shalbe payed and not otherwise To 
my saied neece Ellen Bankes my best purse w^ two quarter angelles 
in it and a payre of knyves I forgive to my sister in law Katherin 

' Ormerod's Pedigree of this family describe? her as Antie wife of Peter Newall, and 
eccondly of William Johnson of Chester. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 229 

Mannering widdow fiftie sixe sliilliDgf w<^ she is indebted unto me 
as appeareth in my debt booke and I do give unto her xx^ nobles 
more and one of my kyne called Nann towardf the bringing up of 
her children also mv purple gowne my grogram kirttle a band and a 

gorgett and a ring of gold I remitt to my cossin Jane Smith 

my third part of a debt w<^^ her husband did owe to my sonne Wil- 
liam w<^ is dew to him my selfe and my sonne Newall To my 
Sonne in law Peter Newall my second saphire ring of gold and to 
my neece and cossin Ales Ince a hoope ring of gold engraven in it 
B A and B my best band and a gorgett my best apron and also a 
payre of gloves and to my neece and cossin Ales Bankes besides my 
legasye before a small gold ring w^ a gra . . . . tt enameled in it 
and to Mistris Bogerson Master Hugh Bogersonf wyfe my second 
velvett hatt and to my servant Ales Stevenson my second cowe un« 
bequeathed my silke rash gowne and an old petticote guarded w^ 
velvett and to my servant Dowce an old gowne and two old pette- 
cotes To the reputed sonne of my sonne William M. tenn poundf 
of those goodf w«^ were his father^ All the rest of my goodf cat- 
tellf &c. my debtf being payed and my childrenC portion^ left them 
by their saied late father satisfied I do give &c. unto my sixe chil- 
dren and my nephew viz. to Gerard M. Jane Newall my daughter 
Bichard M. Thomas M. Lawrance M. Edmond M. and William 
Jhonson to be equally devided amongst them yett neverthelesse for 
reason^ me moving I will that my sonne Bichard Massyes happening 
due unto him by this my last will shall rcraayne in the handf of my 
executory and shalbe by them employed according to their dis- 
crecionf for the yearlie releife of my sayed sonne Bichard M. for so 

long time as they shall hereunto consent in and be resolved 

that he will become a new man and a thriftie husband I will that 
my Sonne Edward Massies portion due to him by his late ffather be 
sett forth by the consent of my executory to his best profitt My 
sonne in law Peter Newall shall have the bringing up tuition and 



230 LANCASHIRl AND CH18HIE1 WILLS. 

goTernment of my sonne Thomas M. and shall have w^ him his 
porcion yeilding unto him the proffitt of suoh a stooke and shall 
likewise enter into bond w^^ sufficient suerties to the ordenarie for 

his tuition and againe of the saied some unto the ordenarie 

of this diocesse as in the like cases are oommonlie used Whereas 
mj Sonne Lawrance M. who is now a prentice w^ M' Robert Wall 
iremonger hath in my handf the some of a hundred poundf being 
his ohildf part of goodf left unto him by his late fiither my will is 
that the same be putt forth by my executory to his best proffitt I 
give unto my sonne Richard M. one gold ring upon the like con- 
dition as before mentioned I nominate &o. my sonne Gerard M. 
and my cossin Thomas Bamston of Ohurton and my nephew William 
Jhonson my executory and M' William Aldersay alderman my bro* 
ther Rowland Barnes my cossin William Barnston overseers and for 
a remembrannce I doe give to eohe of them an angell of gold towardf 
a ring Lastlie I do remitt &o. Ellen ffoxehole of twentie shilling^ w<^ 
is due to me by bill of her husbandf hand In witness &c. In the 
presence of these Raphe Tilston Randall Ince &c. 



THE WILL OF JOHN HOLMES, CITIZEN OF LONDON 
AND FOUNDER OF BLACKROD SOHOOL.i 



IN the name &c. 18 September 1568 I John Holmes cytyzen 
and weyver of London &c. My bodye I bequethe to the 
yearthe to be buryed w^^in the churche of Blackrode nere unto my 
wyf when GK>d shall calle me ffrome thys transitorye worlde And 
as touchynge the dysposioon of all my messuage landf tentf &c. 
w^in the pisshes of All Sayntf in Lomberde strete w^Mn the cytye 

' Ppored February 19th, 1668 [1668-9]. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 231 

of London and Sajnte Edmudf in the same cytye and elese where 
I wyll that Anne my wyf shall recejve all 7* pffyttC of my said 
landf &o. durynge her lyef and shall paye eighte poandf to Alexan- 
der Bygby of Erley w^in the oountye of Lancaster and Edward 
Norres of Blaokerode gentelmen Roger Bradshawe of Haghe and 
James Browne of Westehaughton esquierf Christofer Anderton of 
Lostocke Wyllyam Anderton of Anderton and John Adiyngton of 
Adiyngton gentelmen Wyllyam Browne and Petur Longworthe 
yomen And I geve the saide yerelye rent of eighte poundes to the 
saide Alexander &o. and theyr heyres for ever to be bestowyed by 
them yerely uppon one lemed and dyscrete scolemaster w^ shall 
teache a ffree gramer scole w^in the towne of Blackerode' in the 
ohurohe there or as nere nnto yt as they shall thynke mete and the 
same scolemayster to be from tyme to tyme apoynted thereunto by 
the said Alexander &c. and [their] heres I wyll that my said wyf 
shall paye of the saide rentf &c. yerely to the saide Alexander Bygby 
&;o« the some of ffy ve poundes to the entente that they shall bestowe 
the same yerelye for the exhibycon of one scoler w^n that oolledge 
in Chambridge called Mary Valanse other wyse called Penbroke 
Hall and the same scoler to be nomynatede by the saide Alexander 
B. &o. and by [their] heyres and to be from tyme to tyme chosen 
out of the saide gramer scole to be kepte in Blackerode And after 
the dethe of Anne my wyfe I dow geve all the resydew of my landf 
and tentf nnbequethed unto y« vicar and churche warden^ of S^ 
Sepulchres and unto theire successor^ for ever painge all somes of 
money as I have geven owt afore to anny pson or psonf &c. 
and then all y« ovplusses I geve to the reparation^ of the body 
of the churche of S^ Sepulchres and yf y* said vicar or churcho- 
wardens shalbe neglygentt in any paymenttf and shall nott 
suffycyentlye repayre the body of the said churche opon one 

' For an aoooiuit of the yarioiu items of endowment of this school, see QastreU'e 
NoHiia CeHrietuiSf toI. ii p. 17, note. 



232 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

hole yeares waniinge geiren by my heyres &c. for ever y^ then 
my will is it shall goe to my next heyres &c. for ever I dow 
pray M' Allexander Bigbye of Erley in y^ countye of Lancaster 
and Edward Norres of Blackerode gentlemen to take opon them 
to see this my last will be pformede and I geve them for theire 
paines eyther of them fortye shillinge All my goodf and chattaillf 
shalbe devided into too pt(> one pte to my selfe and the other pte 
nnto Anne my wyffe To John Houlme the sonne of George Holme 
of Blackerod cityzen and grosser of London one hundreth poundf 
for a stocke to sett hime up w^all and my leverey gowne of browne 
blewe faced w*^ budge To M*^garet Vaus* my wifiPes nece fyve 
pounds and further yf my cozyn John Holme and shee joyne in 
mariage to gether y^ then after y« dethe of Anne my wyffe I dow 
geve unto them all my interest in the mesuage called y* Eatheryn 
whele att Holbome condytte in London desyring my wyfe to further 
y« matter as muche as lyethe in her and yf ytt doo happen y^ they 
do nott pcede in mariage to gether y^ then and opon whose ptye ytt 
breakethe whether itt be he or she shall nott haue any pte of my 
intrest in the pmesses aforesaid and then I geve my hole interest 
unto y^ ptye of those too psons aforenamed y^ shalbe agreable to 
marige accordinge to my request pvided always that my wife shall 
haue ytt duringe her naturall lyfe To Thomf my brother and his 
children fyve poundf and my gowne of shepe collor furred w^ 
sownes To Thorns Jamyes of London inholder tonne pound f and 
to his wyfe fortye shillinges To John Tomson of London fortye 
shilling^ To Bychard Langlay of Shrewsbery one stone pott garn- 
ished w^ silver and gilted in token of good will betwyxt all his 
frendf and me To Wilim Langlaye of London grosser fortye 
shillingf to bye him a blacke gowne w^all To Kichard Weacklyf 
of London goldsmythe foure mark(; to bye him a blacke gowne 
w*all To Charles Goupthwaithe my best gowne garded w*^ velvett 

^ Yaus — a Blackrod family, of which was Warden YauB. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHKBHIRE WILLS. 233 

and faced w*** gennys To M' Brightman of y* prishe garden my 
ringe of gold w^'^ I comonly weare called a cornellion To Jane 
Gibson my cozine my black gowne furred w^ shankes and more of 
my raimentt as my wyfe shall thincke good To my cozyn Anne 
Hatfyld fortye shilling^ to by her a black gowne w^^all To my 
cozyn Simond Hatfilde my boke of the moneymettC^ To Thorns 
Gh>rton of Adlington tenne poundf to bye hym owt of detto w*^ all 
his creditor^ yf he will redeme hyme opon y^ vewe of too honest men 
by the apointmen of S' Richard Shawe pst and Peter Longworth 
w^^out anny frawde or deceiptt otherwise T doo geve hym butt twen- 
tye shilling^ and noe more I geve twentye shilling^ of the same 
money unto Robert his soone my godsone To Ellizabethe Fare- 
brother and her children twentye shilling^ To Thorns Gorton of 
AspuU and hys children twentye shilling^ To Jamys Gorton of 
Hawghton aud his chyldren twentye shilling^ To one Alys Gorton 
syster to Jamys Gt)rton of Haughton toward^ her manage and to 
Richard Gorton of Winwicke pishe [each] twentye shilling^ To 
the late wyf of Robart Gorton three shilling^ foure pence and to her 
doughter tenne shillingf toward C her mariage w<^ doughter she had 
by y^ said Robert Gorton I geve towardf J^ maikynge of a stone 
steple att Blackerode three poundf twentye shilling beinge in the 
handf of Peter Longworthe soe y^ y^ steple be maid w^in ij yeares 
after my dicease opone condicion y^ y^ towne shalbe good in anny 
buyldinge toward^ anny necessaries of a free scoole To Peter 
Holme y^ sonne of George Holme my terme of yeares w<^^ I haue of 
M' Fletwood in one messuage nowe in the hand^ of Sethe Foster 
and one other new tentte my owen dwellinge howse w^^ I buylded 
myselfe nowe of late under thees three condicions thatt y^ said Peter 
Holme his heires &c. shall suffer y^ scolemaister and his successorC 
to occnpie y® said new howse paynge therefore too shilling^ a yeare 
and nott above and y^ y^ said scolemaister and his successor^ shall 

1 Fox'b Aett and MonumenU^ first edition, 1668, folio. 
II. HH 



234 LANCASHIRE AND CHKSHIRB WILLS. 

hane one cowe gate all the tytne of somer and owllett for the winter 
tyme painge therefore foure shillingf to be kepte as his owne ia 
iustlye and trewly and I will y^ Peter Longworthe shalhaue y^ por- 
tion of my pte of y* bame y* said Peter Holmes not to allyenate his 
right or anny pte therof otherwayes butt to wyffe or childe If anny 
of theis condicions be broken then ytt shall goe to my oozine Jamis 
Gk)rton of Westhaughton and he to pibrme all condisions as &g. To 
e9y one of my god children twelve pence a peoe To Peter Long- 
worth and his wyf foure poudf in consideracion of their greatte 
paynes taken w^ me att all tymes in my sicknes To Richard 
Shawe^ pste fyve poundf for singuler good will y* I doo beare unto 
hime To Thurstan Longwoorthe and Heughe bis sonne tenne shil- 
lingf To Margarett Sutton his servantt tenne shillinges To George 
Holme my kynes man fyve poundf and my ridinge cloke To Jamis 
Holme his sonne fyve poundf To Lambert Holme and Peter 
Holme his brother tenne shillingf a peece To ... . Holme twentye 
shillingf To Ellyn Mason and her pore children twentye shillingf 
To Bamford dwellinge at y^ pke halle sonne of Clemens Holme 
twentye shillingf and my myud is thatt the saied Glemence Holme 
shalhaue the said twentye shillingf as longe as she lyvethe soe thatt 
she wilbe bounde unto M' Edward Norres to repay ytt againe when 
Ood oalleth for her unto her said sonne To y* said Glemence Holme 
to Wittm Longworthe to his sone Frauncf to little John Anyscoe 
of Aspull and to Myles his brother fyve shillingf [each] To Grace 
Aynsco their syster tenne shillingf To Jamys Barker of the Mosse 
to Nicolas Turner and to George Bigbye fyve shillingf [each] To 
evy house holder w*^in y* towne of Blackerode y* I haue given 
notheng afore twelve pence a peece all sutohe as will accept ytt To 

^ He was Minister of BUckrod. Sir Alexander Badcliffe of Ordsall and William 
Radcliifo Esq. his son claimed the patronage of the ohapel in 1542 on the death of 
Hugh Holme, prohahlj a reUtiye of the testator, and exercised it. Their right, 
howeyer, was disputed, and the Hoghtons reooyered the nomination. — Lane, MSS. 
CkMtrell's NotiHa CestriemU, yol ii. p. 16. 



LANCASHIRE AND CH£SHIBB WILLS. 235 

e^ p^son howse in London or w^in one myle of London fyve shil- 
lingf to be devided amongest them whereas is most nede To the 
hospytall of Ghristf churoh in London and S^ Thorns in Sothwarke 
fortye shilling^ to j^ relyvfe of the pore and to the maintenance 
thereof To the wif of James Sntton tenne shilling^ I geve my 
chamber w«i* lyethe redy fraymed and unsett up w*** the tymb' therto 
belonginge unto y** scolemayster of Blackrod and reservinge unto y^ 
pst w«^ shalbelong unto the ohurche y^ loft of the said chamber 
severall unto him selfe from tyme to tyme oppon condision y^ the 
towne shall help the scolem' to builde the said chamber and to sett 
yt up atth^est end of y* howse To Richard Shaw ^st too plater 
dishes of pewter of y® lesser sorte of y^ first vij platters and too other 
dishes w^ too sawsers and one chawendishe and one pinth pott of 
pewter and one halfe pintt pott of pewter one candestike of latten 
and one littell skellett y« lesse of the too one iron spitt and three 
quisons of y* gretest sorte covered w*^ velvett and too pyllowes I 
will y* througheowt all my houshol stuffe w<* I haue in Lancashire 
thatt Anne my wif shalhaue thees pcellf folio winge and no more 
first fewer of the greatest platters of pewter and fewer of the lesser 
sorte and fewer pewter dishes of silyer fiishioned and foure sawsers 
of sylrer fashoned and one coUander of pewter and one dosen of 
pewter trenchers of silver fashioned also one pottell pott and a three 
pintt pott and one quarte pott of pewter one brasen morter w^ a 
pestell a fether bed the best I haue w^ the best bolster and ij pil- 
lowee of downe of j^ best my best coveringe of tapistrye worke and 
too of the best blankettc and one payre of the fynest shetes and too 
of the best table clothes and too of the best pillow beres and one 
turky quyshon To Richard Shaw pst one stole chaire of ease of 
wainscott To y« scolem' at Blackrod and hys successors one new 
cubbard stanndinge in my howse and a foldinge borde and too bed- 
stedf and one forme to reamaine in y« howse and also y« saye ban- 
kett and the border of all the ringC theere to reamaine in the said 



236 Lancashire and Cheshire wills. 

howse and not to be taken away and one halfe of all my cowp stuffe 
To Richard Shaw pst one carpett of turkye worke To Anne 
Anysco doughter of John Anyscoo one payre of canvas shettes hole 
and sounde and one of my table clothes of linnen one of the three 
shortest To Thorns Gorton of AspuU y® leste fetherbede w^ bis 
bolster to yt and one payare of canvas shetes w^^ one old coveringe 
w^ imege worke and all the resydewe of my howshold staff att 
Blackrode I geve to Peter Longworthe and his wyf to be bestowed 
oppon Elizabethe their donghter att the tyme of her manage yf she 
mary accordinge to her parent tf mynd or ells they to have ytt them- 
selves To the poore p^soners att Lancaster sex shilling^ eyght pence 
to be geven att the discrecyon of M' Bigbye of Erley and especyally 
in y* dongion I will y^ evy pore body att my buryall shalhaue 
pence a pece and thatt their shalbe twentye messe of mete well fur- 
nyshed of the most honest neyghboures in y* towne or neare unto 
the towne of sixe pence a pece Also the rest of all my pte of goodc 
after my debtf &c. paied I geve to Anne my wyf I make my ex- 
ecutors Anne my wyffe and John Houlme my cozyn and I make 
overseers Thorns Jamyes inholder and Wittm Langlay grocer and 
Richard Shawe pste in witnes &c. I pray you wif to remember my 
forgotten frend^ Roger Snoden Johan Bukelsbootf and Agnes Gor- 
ton my too night capps the one y* is of velvett geve to my cozyn 
Simone Hatfild and y« other of satten I geve to Peter Soker grocer 
and all other of my frendt I reffarre ytt to your discretion &c. In 
y« psenttf of us Ric^ Shaw pst Thurstan Longworthe W^ Browne 
Thurstan Shepperd Peter Longworthe George Rigbye w**» others. 

LH. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 237 

THE WILL OF ALEXANDER HOGHTON 
OF LEA ESQ.» 



IN the name &c. 3 Augusta 1581 I Alexander Houghton of the 
Lea in the countye of Lancaster Esqujre beinge syke in bodje 
&c. I have all redye by suffyciente conveyance in the la we executed in 
my lyffe tyme dysposede all my manerf messuage landf and tentf to 
such uses as I doubte not but doe stand w^^ the pleasure of Almyghtie 
God the comforthe of all my frend^ and the contentacon of all good 
men and are as I triste to the uppeholdinge and mantenance of that 
house whereof my selfe and all my aunseturf have lynyallye dys- 
cended And nowe for the orderinge of my goodC &c. I doe make 
my laste wyll &c. My bodye to be buryede in the pyshe churche of 
Preston soe neare that place where my fiather S' Bycharde Hough- 
ton Enyghte and Dorothye my wyffe doe lye buryede as convenyentt 
may be The w^^ I woulde have done yf soe be that yt shall fortune 
that God doe call me firome this trancetorye lyffe w*^in ffortye myles 
of the same churche I make my sole executrixe Elizabeth my wel- 
belove wyffe and yf shee doe refuse or shall fortune to dye in my 
lyffe tyme then I wyll that my lovinge brother in lawe Thomas 
Heskethe of Grayes Inne in the countye of Myddlesex gentleman 
and my trustie and welbelovede servantes George Beseley and James 
Helme shalbe ray executor^ To Elizabethe my wyffe all my playte 
that ys to saye aswell all my boles tunes spounes and saltes as alsoe 

* Prored 12th September, 1581. Alexander, second son of Sir Richard Hoghton 
of Hoghton Knt., married first (coyenant dated 1st Feb. 17 Elizabeth) Dorothj, 
daughter of Bichard Assheton Esq. of Middleton, by his second wife Eat&erine, 
daughter of Sir Bobert Bellingham ; and secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Gkbriel 
Hesketh of Aughton Esq., but had no issue by either wife. He was succeeded in the 
estates by his younger brother, Thomas Hoghton Esq., ancestor of Sir Henry Bold 
Hoghton Bart, of Hoghton Tower, the representatiye of this ancient family. 



238 LANCASHIRE AMD CBB8HIBB WILLS. 

all her apparell rynges and jewellf whatsoev w^ shee hath bene 
accustomede to weare and have duringe my lyffe tjme If the resj- 
dewe of mj good^ and chattellf mj debtf bejnge dyschardgede doe 
amonte unto towe hundrethe markes then I geve &g. to Margaret 
my bastarde doughtor wyffe to Roger Grichelawe of Ghamocke 
Bycharde and to all her chyldren the some of one hundrethe markf 
equallye to be devydede amongeste theym And yf the resydewe of 
my goodc doe not extende to towe hundrethe markf then I geve &c. 
to the said Margaret my bastard doughter and to all her chyldren 
the thyrde parte of all my goodf and chattellf To the wyfie of 
John Tomlynsone th'elder ffortye shillingf Yt ys my wyll that 
Thomas Houghton of firynescoules my brother shall haue all my 
istrumentC belonginge to mewsyckf and all maSl of playe clothes yf 
he be mynded to keppe and doe keppe players And yf he wyll not 
keppe and manteyne playerf then yt ys my wyll that S' Thomas 
Heskethe knyghte shall haue the same instrument^ and playe 
clothes And I most hertelye requyre the said S' Thomas to be 
ffrendlye unto ffoke Gyllome and Wittm Shakshafte now dwellynge 
w^ me and ether to take theym unto his servyce or els to helpe theym 
to some good M"^ To Wiltm Walle clarke ffyve poundf To 
Thomas Gryffyne servant to the said S' Wittm Walle twentye 
shyllyngf To everye one of my servantf that shall ffortune to be in 
my servyce at the tyme of my dycease and is hyrede w*** me for 
yerelye wayges one whoule yeres wayges And whereas I the said 
Alexander and the said Thomas H. my yonger brother in consyder- 
aeon of an agrement betwene the said Thomas and me for the 
establysshinge of all my manorf landf and tentf uppon the said 
Thomas and [his] heires malle by o' dede 20 Julye 1580 I have 
grauflted unto Thomas flSetwoode sonne and heire apparente of 
John ffletwoode of Penworthame Esquyre and unto Robert Tal- 
bote bastarde sonne of John Talbote the anewall rente of sextyne 
pound f thryttee shillingf ffoure pence issuynge oute of certeyne 



LANCASHIRK AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 239 

my landf ia Wjthnell to haue the said yearlye rente duringe 
the naturall lyves of these my servantf that ys to weete 
Thomas Barton Wilhn Bigbie Roger Lyffseye John Houghton 
Henrye Bounde Wittm Gloughe Thomas Goston John Eyohen 
James Pemberton Robert Tomlynson Bycharde ffysheweke John 
Goth^'m Thomas Barker Henrye Browne Myles Turner Bycharde 
Snape James Greaves Thomas Sharpe George Banester John 
Beseley Thomas Warde Robert Bolton John Snape Roger Dycon- 
son ffoke Gyllom Wittm Shakeshafte Thomas Gyllom Wittm 
Ascrofte Roger Dugdayle and Margareye Gerrarde And the said 
rente shalbe devydette amongeste my said servant^ soe that there 
shalbe yerely due unto the said Thomas Sharpe three poundf syxe 
shillingf eighte pence unto Thomas Goston twentye shilling^ unto 
Thomas Barker twenty shyllingf unto Roger Dyoonson thryttyne 
shyllingf foure pence unto Wittm Ascrofke thryttene shyllingC foure 
pence unto Robert Boulton twentye shyliingf unto Thomas Warde 
twentye shyllingf unto ffowke Gyllom fortye shyllingf unto Wittm 
Shakeshafte fibrtye shyllingf unto Thomas Gyllome fortye shylhng^ 
and unto Roger Dugdayle fforty shyllingf duringe theyre naturall 
lyves The porcon of that partye that shall dye shalbe equallye 
devyded amongste theym that shall survyve soe that the survyvor of 
theym all shall haue for his lyffe the said whole rente of syxtyne 
poundf thryttyne shilling(f foure pence I geve unto my said wyffe 
all the recydewe of my goodf and chattallf I desyre my trustie 
and lovinge fiVendC John Talbote of Sabburye Edwarde Standyshe 
of Standyshe Esquyrf Thomas iBetwoode sonne and heire apparente 
of the said John ffletwoode and my brother in lawe Bartholomewe 
Heskethe to be supvysorf Wytnes hereof I haue putto &c. These 
beynge wytnes Thomas ffletwoode Bartholomew Hesketh Robert 
Parke Adame Boulton Wittm Walle Glarke John Houghton and 
Peter Mellynge Dettf owinge unto mee Imprimis Richard Ban- 
nister gent of Darwin Hall ats Bannister in Walton xv^ for w<^ 



240 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

bee hath pledged to mee all his wheate nowe growing more of 
the said Biohard in lent money xl*. 

M^ that the sayde Alexander H. after the wrytinge of his wyll 
dyde lyinge upone his deathe bedde vidz. w^in towe dayes before 
his deathe revocate and calle backe by exprese wordf a certeyne 
legacie w^ before in his wrytten wyll he hadde geven to one Mar- 
garet bastarde doughter of the said Alexander wyffe unto Roger 
Grichelowe of Ghamocke Bycharde and to all her chyldren and 
dyde comande that the said legacie shoulde be stryken oute of the 
said wyll and this dyd he dyverf tymes or at the Icaste ones in the 
psencf of sundrye wyttnes After a certeyn sceduU annexed to his 
will concernynge the makinge voyde of certeyne obligaoons wherein 
his tenntf of Asheton underlyne weare bounde byinge informede 
that his debtf beinge payed and the saide obligaconf and all suche 
money as he hade appoynted to be geven agayne unto his teniitf 
weare dyschardged that then his wyffe would have noe parte of 
his good^ lefte unto her for her mayntenace he then perceyvinge the 
same lyklye to be trewe dyd declare that his intenffin was that yf 
soe be that his wyffe should have suffycient fumyture for her house 
mette for her callinge her playte and jewelf vf^ were bequethede 
by hym unto her and twelve oxsene twentye kyne and a bull and 
horses convenyente for her and alsoe necessarye stofe of husbandrye 
that then his wyll should therein be pforroede or els evye of theym 
to be answerede peny ponde lyke of the resydewe of his goodc and 
not other wysse Provydede alwaye that all suche obligaoon wherein 
anye my tenant^ of Asheton under lyne are indettede unto me 
shalbe voyde and noe advantage taken thereof soe that the said 
tenantf shall not hereafter demaunde of my said executrixe any dette 
awynge by me unto any of the said tennt^ excepte suche money as 
Edmunde Duckenfylde my servante dyd last borowe of the said 
teniitC for my use desyringe the said teniits that theye wyll deale 
ffrendlye w^^ my said executrix in gevynge resonable dayes for paym^ 



LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIRB WILLS. 241 

of the said money excepted In wytnes &o. I the saide Alexander 
&c. in presence of Thomas ffletwoode Thomas Whittingham Thomas 
Barton Bjcharde Whyttingham and Boberte Parke. 



THE WILL OF JOHN LEGH, SON OF SIB 
PEBES LEGH OF LYME, KNT.» 



IN the name of the Almighty most gratious and merciful! trinitie 
the Father the Sonne and the Holie Gost three psons and one 
God by whom I John Leigh gentleman one of the yonger sonnes 
of S' Peres Leighe knight was created redeemed and sanctified and 
in whom I doe assuredly trust to bee one of his elect and by whose 
good pleasure and sufferance I doe now this 2 Aprill 1693 make 
this my last will &c. And nowe for the disposicon of such worldly 
goodf and chattallf w^^ God of his infinite mercy hath bestowed 
uppon mee beinge unwoorthie any such benefittf or blessingf I doe 
first say as through Godf grace I haue used evy day in my peticons 
and prayers to say O Lord God heavenly Father direct mee in all 
my thought^ woordf and deedf that I may doe those thingf that 
shalbee acceptable in thy sighte and to the glory of thy holy name 
Wherfore this peticon beinge in my remembraunce and trusting to 
haue God( direccon therein I doe pnounce this my last will &c. I 
give unto my supposed or base gotten daughter Ellen Leigh ais 
EUenne Ogden one hundreth poundf w<* M' Hyde of Northbury is 
bounde w*^» others to pay unto mee the vj^ day of June next And 
I require my right worshipfiill cosen Bobert Hyde of Northbury 

1 ProYed April 80, 1598. John Legh gent., second son of Sir Peter Legh of Ljme 
bj Margaret, daughter of Thomas Gerard of Bryn, co. Lane. Knt. — Ormerod, toI. 
iii. p. 388. 

II. II 



242 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Esquire to keepe my ssyd daughter EUenne if ytt might stande w^ 
his good likinge w^^ meate drinke and cloathes fitt for her and to 
receyre the some of x^ yearelie in regard of her keepinge where his 
woorship doth know yt will arise from the hundreth poundes and if 
shee can bee pferred in mariage then that hundreth poundf I would 
haue bestowed uppon her And I would wish if there could bee 
lykinge betweene the pties and his frendc that shee should match 
w^ Rauffe the sonne of Godfray Hyde and if that mariage can not 
pceede then shee shall marie by the advise of my cosen Hyde To 
EUenn Stanley ais Baggiley wief unto Roberto Stanley the yonger 
foure score poundes w^ Alexander Low of Stopford Thomas Sydell 
and Thomas Roodes stand bounden to pay mee one Maie day next w«^ 
I doe assigne unto the [said] Ellen S. for her mayntenance in regard 
of the faulte w«^ I haue made unto her for the w^ I entirely begg 
and crane at the handf of the Almighty Gk>d to pardone and forgiae 
my offence agaynst her committed as alsoe for the rest of my 
offence^ The sayd Ellen shall keepe w^ her a younge daughter 
supposed to bee myne w<^^ is called Margarett Leigh ats Downes of 
the sayd some of foure score pounde vf^ I thinke shee may doe verie 
well by reson of the interest w^ will come of the sayd some To my 
ladie my mother four score pounde To my welbeeloued brother 
James L. gentleman fore score pounds To my welbeeloued brother 
Thomas L. Esquier my signet of gould w*** the rams head* ingrauen 
therin and twenty pounde w<^^ my sayd brother oweth mee in pawne 
wherof I haue certayne plate pawned unto mee To ray little god 
son and nephew Thomas L. twenty nobles To Ellen Stanley six 
pounde w«^ Thomas Bower is bounde to pay mee at Maie day nexte 
To John Waynwright my man xx^^ and all my apparell and the 
same twenty pound to receaue of Henrie Pott John Latham and 
others To Henrie Som8 preacher of the woorde of God x^ to buy 
him bookf w*^ for the mayntenance of his good and godly studie 

^ The crest of the family. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE STILLS. 243 

To my brother James the annuety of v markf w*** the arreragf therof 
during the lief of one Richard Bniche of whom I hould the sayd 
annuety To the right WoorshipfuU Peter L. Esquier M' Edward 
L. and M^ Thomas L. ray nephewes to e9y one of them vj^ xiij* iiij* 
To evy one of the servantf that serve my ladle my mother xiij* iiij* 
To Ellen Stanley ais Bagyley the pfette of the demayne of Shrigley 
for the space of one whole yeare To Jane Jackson ov and besydes 
xiij" iiijd the some of liiji* w<^^ I haue certayne plate pawned unto 
mee by M' RatclifFe and if M' RatclifTe doe not redeeme the same 
then my will is that Jane Jackson shall haue ytt To the sayd Jane 
iiijo' markf of money w«^ M' Stafford oweth mee for the vr^ I haue 
receyued certayne plate pawned unto mee w^^ I suppose to bee M' 
Stafford[^s] To the sayd Jane the benefit of a bargayne w<^^ I haue of 
one Bidgeway for a peece of ground and if the sayd Bidgewaie doe 
repaie eight pound unto the sayd Jane then is his grounde lose I 
doe alowe xx^^ for the discharginge of all my fuSlall expencf and the 
ouplus if theire bee any to bee distributed unto the poorest people 
dwellinge in Disley To the right WoorshipfuU Boberte Hyde 
Esquier a peece of gould called a double portingue To Bauffe Brad- 
ley one duckett To M' Edward Newport fortie shilUngf To 
Wilim Shirte one French crowne pawned unto mee by the sayd 
Wilhn for six shillingf I constitute &c. my executors Bobte Hyde 
of Northbury Esquier Henrie SomS pcher of the woord of God and 
Baphe Bradley yeoman I giue to M' Peter Leigh of Burtonwood v 
markc To John Bichardson xx" w^ hee oweth mee To Baphe 
Hyde and his tow sisters to e9y one of them x^ To my brother 
James L. my gray nag These beinge witnesses John ffortune John 
Waynewright Wiftm Shirte. 

John Leigh. 



244 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE VILL8. 

THE WILL OF SIR RALPH LEYCESTER 
OF TOFT, KNT.i 



IN the name &c. the 23 ffebruarie 1571 [1571-2] I Rauff Ley- 
cester of Toft in the county of Chester knight beinge &c. and 
my bodie to be buried in the church or chauncell at Moberley I 
geve &c. toward y* reparacon of the same church of Moberley 
twentie shiliingf To Lawrence Leycester my sonne all the meSes 
landf tentf wich bowses and salt bowses in the countie of Chester 
wich now be in [the] sevall tenures of Wittm Whytmore of Bexton 
Lawrannce Leycester of Enottesford gents John Winnington of Pyck- 
meyre Phillipp Anterbus of the Northwyche Thomas Dychfeild of 
the same John Maynwaringe of the same and George Sudlowe of 

the Crosse the Northwych wich said meses landf &c. 

be of the yearly rent of tenn pounds to haue &c. for the terme 
of [his] lyff To Marie L. my doughter the somme of fowre 
hundred markf toward her preferment in mariadge or otherwyse to 
be receyved of the profiectC of my mosse and turbarie commonly 
cauled Toft Mosse And after the same fowre hundred markf hadd 
and taken that then the re^con of my said mosse and turbarie shall 
come to Wiihn L. my sonne and heire apparent and his heires for 
e? It is my will &c. that Phillipp Maynwaringe of Pever esquier 

1 ProYod Maroh 1672-8. Sir Balph Leycester of Toft, knighted at Leith 11th 
Maj 1544, married first Ellen, daughter of Philip Legh of Soothes Esq., and had 
issue Ralph his son and heir, died young ; William his heir, Lawrence, who married 
Jane, daughter of John Warhurton of Bromfield; John died without issue; Elisa- 
beth married first Sir Bandle Mainwaring of Peover, and afterwards Sir Edmund 
Traffbrd of Trafford Ent. ; Anne, wife of Philip, brother and heir of the abore Sir 
Handle Mainwaring ; Ellen died in her infiuioy ; and Mary, wife of Hugh Galyeley of 
Lea Esq. Sir Ralph Leycester married secondly Jane, daughter of Sir George Oal- 
Teley of Lea Knt., and widow of John Edwards Esq. of Chirk oo. Denbigh. He died 
2drd February 1572-3, aged 58 years. ~ Ormerod, toI. i. p. 886. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 245 

and An his wyeff and Lawrence L. my sonne shall haue the use of 
the said mosse and turbarie and profeotf therof untill such tyme as 
the said sonime of foure hundreth mikes shalbe by [them] receyved 
to the use of the said Marie Yf the mariadge now concluded to be 
hadd betwene Bobert Venebts of Anterbus the younger son of 

Thomas Yen and my sayd dowghter Marie do take effecte 

and y* if VVittm L. my son do enter into bonde for the payment of 
such sommes of money as are agreyed uppon that then the said legasie 
of fowre hundred mikes shall be voyd To Dame Jane my wyeff all 
such juellc as she hath in her kepinge and her chayne of gold that she 
wayreth To Lawrence L. my son twenty mikes and one geldinge 
To John Leycester son of Geffraye L. sixe poundes threttine shilling^ 
fowr penf To evy of my servauntf dwellinge in my bowse as well 
men as wemen one whoU yeares wages To Lawrence L. my son 
one of my velvet gownes one sattyn dowblet and one pare of hose 
To Wittm L. my sonn and heire apparent my cheine of gold and all 
the rest of myne apparell To Jane Langton my doughter eight 
pondes and two kyne Hughe Jonson my servaunt shall haue the 
mese tenement &c. in Moberley now in [his] tenure for syxteine 
yeares next ensuinge the date herof and after the said terme of xvj^ 
yeares Banff Smyth son of Humfray S. deceassed shall haue the said 
tenement duringe his lyff Wittm L. my sonn and heire apparent 
shall geve evy yeare to Wiftm Walker my servante xiij" iiij^ duringe 
[his] lyeff I geve &c. toward^ the reparacon of the church of 
Knuttesford twenty shillinge ffrauncis Newton shall haue all my 
landf and tenement^ in Moberley wich be now in [his] tenure 
duringe his lyeff yealdinge &c. yearlie to me and to my heires xiij' 
iiij^ To my Ladie Maynwaringe my dawghter and to Ann Mayn- 
waringe ether of them on gold ringe To Wifim L. my sonn and 
heire apparent after my detts donne all my goodes and cattells and all 
my manors meses land(f &c. to haue to him and his heires for e? 
Provyded alwayes that Phillipp Maynwaringe of Fever [Anne] his 



246 LANCASHIRE AKD CHESHIRE WILLS. 

wyeff and Lawrence my sonn shall haue one dosse of land cauled 
Padcastell Salt in Toft aforesajd beinge psell of myne inheritaunce 
for terme of twenty and one yeares payeinge to Wiftm L. my sonn and 
his heires the old rent I ordayne &c. my welbeloved wyeff Dame 
Jane L. and Wilhn L. my sonn and heire apparent my executours 
willinge and desyringe them to haue the feare of God before ther 
yees and to pforme &c, I make my welbeloved frendf George 
Gaulveley Knight Edmund TraiFord and Phillipp Maynwaringe 
Esquiers oversears In witnes &c. [Witnesses names defaced.] 



THE WILL OF SIR THOMAS LANGTON KNT. 
BARON OF NEWTON.i 



IN Dei nomine &c. 4 April 1669 I Thomas Langton of Walton 
in the Dale in the countie of Lancaster Enighte Varon of New- 

^ Thomas Langton, the testator, was the second son of Balph Langton, Baron of 
Newton, and was six jears old when his father died at the earlj age of 29, July 29, 
1&08, 18th Henry YII. A brother named Biohard, three years his senior, wa« then 
found to be the heir. Balph had bequeathed the custody of his children to his wife Joan, 
the daughter of Sir Christopher Southworth of Samlesbury (erroneously called Elisa- 
beth in the pedigree printed in Bainee's Sistory of Lancashire), but the wardship of 
the heir of a military tenant belonged to the king, and it was by his grant, 13th May 
1504, 19th Henry YII., that the widow had custody of the estates held by knight 
seryice along with the marriage of the heir. She, on the 11th Noyember 1506, 22nd 
Henry YII., in consideration of a sum of money, alienated these rights to Sir Edward 
Stanley, a younger son of the first Barl of Derby, popularly known as the hero of 
Flodden, and in consequence of his good serrioe there proclaimed in 1514 Lord of 
Mount-Egell (Monteagle). « 

Bichard Langton dying 16th June 1511, Srd Henry YIII., Thomas his brother 
was found to be next heir, and of the age of fourteen years. He became in his turn 
the ward of Sir Edward Stanley, who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. This 
lady is by Thomas Tong, Korroy, designated as the ** base" daughter of Sir Edward 
Stanley, but she is not so described in her father's will (proved 1524), in which he 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 247 

ton beinge of whole mynde &c. Whereas I the [said Sir Thomas 
L. Ent. hj deed] bearinge date 4 August 5 and 6 Philip and 



I another of his children by that epithet, and according to Collins and Nicolas 
she was the issue of his second marriage with Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir John 
Harrington of Hornby. Her monument in Sepulchre's Church is thus described 
in Stowe's Survey of London, book iii, chap, zii : — 
" A fitur stone in the ohanoel dose bj one to Lady Eleanor Sentleger. 
'* Here lieth Dame Elizabeth Langton, late wife of Sir Thomas Langton Xnight, 
Baron of Newton in the county of Lancaster, one of the daughters of Sir Edward 
Stanley Knight, Lord Monteagle, which deceased 17th June anno Domini 1533.** 
From this marriage issued 
Edward the eldest son, named in Lord Monteagle*s will as his godson. He 
married Anne daughter of Sir Alexander Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston, who 
surviTed him and liyed as his widow at Lightshay Hall, in the parish of 
Win wick. Her will was proyed 20th April, 1566. They had issue Thomas 
who died in childhood. Edward was living, as appears by the Preston 
Guild roll, in 1542 and died before 1558. 
Bichard who became Bector of Wigan. Not on the Guild roll of 1542. 
Thomas and "> Named by Tong in the Visitation of 1533, but not by Flower in 
George ) that of 1567. 

_, ^ I Named by Flower but not by Tong. 

Of these four Thomas alone appears on the Guild roll of 1542. 

Leonard (called in the Visitation of 1567 the 6th son) who married Anne daugh- 
ter of Thomas Leybum of Cunswick in the county of Westmoreland, widow 
of William Singleton. He was the only one of the sons of Elizabeth 
Stanley alire in 1558, and he died before the guild of 1562, in his father's 
lifetime. They had issue Thomas who succeeded his grandfather, 11th 
Eliz. 1569, being then eight years of age. 

Christopher aliye 1542, as appears by the Guild Book. 
The daughters are named in the following order in an indenture of 4th August, 6th 
and 6th Philip and Mary (1558), but in the Visitations are differently arranged. 

Johan married to John Fleetwood of Penwortham, afterwards of Calwich in the 
county of Stafford, whose grandson Bichard, the first Baronet of that family, 
succeeded his cousin the last Sir Thomas Langton as heir of entail under the 
settlement made 5th and 6th Philip and Maiy. 

Jane married to Bichard Fitzherbert of the county of Stafford; aliye in 
1558. Ji^ 

Anne married to John (a second son of) Bold of Bo ld, several of whose children 
are named, along with herself, in their grandfather's will as his " cosyns.** 
1569. 



248 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Mftry made betwene me the saide Sir Thomas L. upon th''one 
partie and the right honorable Sir Thomas Stanley Knigfate Lorde 
Mountea[gIe] [the] reverend ffather in God Lorde Thomas Stanley 
Bisshoppe of Man and the owte ysles and Wittm ffletewodde of the 
Myddle Temple in London gentelman upon th^other partie amongest 
other thiuges [did] covenaunte with the saide Lorde Mounteegle the 
saide busshoppe and Wilhn ff. that at the nexte assises of the 
countie of Lane. I should levye a flfyne [to] the saide Lorde Mount- 
eegle &c. as that where the saide Lorde M. &c. should haue of 
my gifte all my manors lands &c. within the countie of Lano. in the 
names of the manorf of Newton Wigan Walton in le Dale Mellor 

Egresfielde ats Eccle Darwyn Nether Darwyne Guredon 

Makerfeilde and Little Harwodde together with the advo[wson of] 



Mary married first to Thomas Bjrom of Bjrom, and secondly, after 1558, to 

iEdmund Winstanley of Winstanley, living at Wigan in 1569. 
Eleanor married to Edward Cholmondeley of Coppenholl in the county of Salop ; 
alive in 1558. 
K.B. A son Roger, not named in the Yisitations, was recorded once only on the 
Preston Quild roll (1542). It is unoertam whether he was the issue of the first or 
second marriage. 

Sir Thomas Langton, after the death of his first wife, married Anne daughter of 
Thomas Talbot, a younger brother of John Talbot of Salebury, who is distinguished 
in the pedigree from others of the same name as Long John Talbot. — Sari, MS, No. 
1549, fo. 57 and fo. 128. Her brother Itichard, who became a oitisen of London, was 
bom ante matrimouium. She survived her husband and (23rd April 1572) made her 
will, which was proyed June 1573, the inventory being taken 21st May in the same 
year (15th Eliz.). Her executors were her ** cousyns" John Talbot and William ffaring- 
ton Esqs. and Alexander Bishton gent. She recites in her wiU a debt of zx lb. 
due to her daughter 

Kathcryn, who is also named in the will of Sir Thomas 1569 (11th Eliz.), being 

then under age. 
Edvrard, recorded in the Hart. M8, No. 1549, p. 57, as her son, but not named 
in her will, as he is erroneously stated to have been in the note at p. Ixxiii, 
V ol. dl,Chetham Society. 
Sir Thomas Langton was Sheriff of Lancashire in 1556, and again in 1567, and died 
at the age of 72, soon after making his will, an inquisition post mortem being held in 
the same year, the 11th of Queen Elizabeth (1569) at Wigan. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 24'9 

the ohurche of Wigan and 600 messuage 200 toftf 12 milles 20 
dove houses 600 gardeyns 600 orchard^ 6000 acres of lande 2000 
[acres] of meydowe 5000 acres of pasture 1000 acres of wodde 6000 
a[cre8 of] heathe 6000 acres of more 1000 acres of marrys three 
score poundf of rentes with the app^tenauncf in Newton Wygan 
Walton in le Dale Lawe Meller Egresfeiide ais Eccles Over Darwyne 
Nether Darwyne Harwodde Parva Curedall Guredon Lawton 6ow- 

bume^ Arberie Houghton fiemeheade Poulton Wolson 

Holme Wenewick Heydock Asshton PemlSrton^ Billinge 

Wynstanley Ynce Hindley Abraham and Preston in Amoundernes 
and of the ffree ffis[heries] in the waters of Darwyn and Rible in 
Walton ffissheweke and Preston in Amoundernes to these uses that 
the said Lorde M. &c. immediatelye after suche ffyne levyed shoulde 
be seased of all the saide manors landf &c. to the use of me the 
saide Sir T. L. ffor liff and fibr the terme of ffoure yeres nexte fibl- 
lowinge [my] disceasse and [then] to di?f other uses^ [The fine 

> The names defectiye here are Kenyon, Croft, Southwortb, Myddleton, supplied 
from the inquisition post mortem. 

' OrreU is the name to be supplied (Inquisition post mortem). 

* The object of this settlement was to exclude the issue of Sir Thomas Langton's 
seoond wife Anne from the inheritance, and this was accomplished bj the " diverse 
other usee" recited in the indenture tripartite of 1658 (5th and 6tb Philip and Mary) 
Tie., after the decease of Sir Thomas and the expiry of four years, to the use of Leonard 
his only surriving son and heir. After Leonard's death and that of his wife, for 
whom provision was made, to the sole use of their male heirs in succession. In default 
of suoh issue then to the first son of the said Sir Thomas Langton Knight, the which 
after the date of the indenture shall be bom in lawful matrimony, and by him be- 
gotten of such woman as Sir Thomas Langton may many, and to the heirs male of such 
first son, so that the same should not be begotten of the body of " Anne Talbot alias 
Slater, and now commonly oaUed the Lady Anne Langton, wife of the said Sir 
Thomas Langton Knight ;** and in default to second and other sons and their heirs 
male in succession. In default of such issue to the use of William Langton, brother 
of the said Sir Thomas Langton for life. Then to the use of Johan, daughter of Sir 
Thomas Langton and wife of John Fleetwood for life, and to her sons and their male 
heirs in succession. In default to Sir Thomas Langton's daughter, Jane Fitsherbert, 
and her eons ; then to his daughter, Anne Boulde, and her male iseos ; then to his 
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250 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

was accordingly levied] And I the saide Sir T. L. beinge indebted 
to divf and sundrie persons in greate summes of money and mj 

children kynesfolkf and other fiVendf not yet p' nor admityd 

to lyvinges [make my] laste will and testamente ffirste I bequeith 

my soule &c. and I will that my body be buried in the 

syde of the chancell in the parisshe ohurche of Lawe^ amongf my 
ancestortf there lyinge and I will that the churche haue all yt rightes 
and duties as towchinge my ffunerallf I do geve fowardf the repe- 
racons of the same churche twentie poundf to bo paide within ffoure 
yeres nexte after my disceasse I make my trustie and welbeloued 
ffrendf Sir Richard Shirburne of the Stanyhurste knighte Alexander 
Bigbie of Erley gentelman Edmonde Winstanley of Wigan gentel- 
man and my servant [John*] Woddecock my executourf My saide 

daughter, Mary Byrom, and her male iasue ; then to EUinor Cholmondlej and her 
male issue. In default to Sir Thomas Langton's brother William, and his heirt male ; 
remainder to the right heirs of Sir Thomas Langton. Power reserred to settle a 
jointure upon any future wife of Sir Thomas Langton. It was proTed by the inquisition 
post mortem 6th James I. on the death of the last Sir Thomas Langton that the first 
Sir Thomas had no legitimate issue bom after the date of this deed, that his bro- 
ther William was dead as well as his daughter Johaa and her eldest son, and that the 
inheritance derolyed upon Richard Fleetwood, her grandson, by rirtue of this entaiL 

It is altogether a yery singular document, and so evidently thought the jurors at 
the inquisition post mortem, who suspected it to be fraudulent in its intention 
(" made by corin*'). At the date of its execution Leonard's son was not bom, so 
that the interest of Fleetwood's children in the settlement appeared to be a rery near 
one, and it is curious to find that Thomas, Bichard and Half his sons were named in 
the deed "Fleetwood alias Langton." The parties to the indenture were the brother 
of Sir Thomas Langton's first wife, his namesake the Bishop of Man and Sector of 
Wigan, and a nephew of John Fleetwood, an astute lawyer, who became Recorder of 
the City of London. It may also be inferred that it was hereby attempted to depriTe 
the second wife of her dower, since she did not recorer it without reeort to process 
of law. In this she was successful, and to judge by the extent of her inrentory 
taken for probate must have lived in good style. 

' Lawe is another name for the church of Walton-in-ie-dale. 

' John the name supplied by the inquisition post mortem. Sir Thomas Langton, 
by charter dated ultimo Febmary 11th Elixabeth, secured to Thomas and Edward 
Woodcock, SODS of John, an annuity of 44e. 4d. for the life of John Woodcock. 



LANCA8HIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 251 

ezecutourf shall deli? uuto my cosyn and heire apparente Thomas 
Langton^ when he shall come to the full age [of] twentie one yeres 
my golde cheane one standinge cuppe of silver withe the cover being 
g[ilt] wbeare upon ys graven this worde earlome my greatest silv 
gobblet with the co[ver] one cuppe of silv^ with the cover percell 
gilte made after the flfasshion of a glasse my silver peice 

> The finding of the inquisition held at Wigan shortly after the death of Sir Thomas 
Langton, 11th Eliz., was that Leonard Langton in his life had issue male, yiz., Thomas 
Laogton, ** solum et primum filium suum," by Anne his wife, and after that Leonard 
in the lifetime of his fiither died. The original inquisition being mutilated it is from 
Kuerden's abstract in the Chetham Library that we find Thomas to hare been eight 
years of age at the death of his grandfather. He was contracted in his nonage to 
Margaret dsughter of Eiohard Sherburne of Stonyhurst, from whom he was diyoroed 
by sentence of the Consistory at York, 25th June, 1580, on the ground that the mar- 
riage was made *'in impubertate dicti Thonue nee pubertate adyeniente per ipsum 
Thomam ratificatum sed potius idem matrimonium reclamantem." He married the 
tame year, beiug then nineteen, Elizabeth second daughter of Sir John Savage of 
Clifton, in the county of Chester, who was born in 1552, and was therefore uine years 
his senior (Sir P. Leycester, Eistory of Cherier,) In the year 1589 (82nd Eliz.) he 
was concerned in a fatal affray at Lea Hall when Mr. Hoghton was slain, and it is 
supposed that he made his peace with that family by ceding to them his Manor of 
Walton-in-le-dale. 

He was sworn a Burgess of Preston at the Guild Merchant of 1602. He was a 
Knight of the Bath at the coronation of James the Kirat, and died 20th February, 
1604, without issue, when Richard Fleetwood, eldest son of Thomas Fleetwood his 
cousin succeeded as heir of entail. Dodsworth preeerres a record of the following 
tablet originally placed in Wigan church but which had been removed to Duxbury 
HaU. 

"To oblivion. 
"And y* due bones of Sir Tho« Langton of y« Hon"« order of y« Bathe Knt. Baron 
of Newton Maokersfeld y* last of his name and y* undoubted patron of this church 
descended from a most ancient famous and farre renouned family of Langton of 
Leicestershire who some times were of great authority both in y* Church and Com- 
monwealth of this kingdome and for y* space of 800 yeres have flourished in this 
county. A gentleman y< many times tuggd w*^ extremityes and made warre with y* 
worst of misfortunes &o. He departed this lief in y« Citty of Westminster 20 Feby. 
1604 when he had lyyed 44 yeres and lyes buried nere y« high altar in St. Peter's 
Church adjoyning to y* Abbay." 

In the inquisition taken four years after his death, that event is said to have taken 
place at Newton. 



252 LANCASHIRB AND CHB8HIBK WILLS. 

pownoyd one powncyd sil? playte one drinkinge cuppe of silv^ with 

two handellf two of tny best silv saltes gilten and theire 

oovere one doson of the best silv 8p[oonB] whereof one to be gilten 
one 8il9 pece ungilted the two greate brassen pottf in the kitchinga 

one greate copper panne with all maS) of leadf know to with 

wayne ploughe and all other instnimentf [belonging] to husban- 
drye and all my harneyf and armor To M' John ffletewodde^ my 

son in lawe ten poundf my best horse or geldinge save To 

my Sonne Edward^ one hundreth markf towardf his pfermente of 

^ Vide pedigree of Fleetwood, Cheiham Society, toL xzx. 

' Of Sdwerd, tbe younger son of Sir Thomae Langton, little is known* Beside the 
bequest made to him by his father we find in the inquisition poet mortem 11th £liz. 
that 20th March 1st Mary (1654), Sir Thomas Langton granted by charter to John 
Atherton Knight, John Osbaldiston, John Talbot, John Kecheyn a certain annuity 
or yearly rent of £10 Os. Id. to be reeeiTed and taken from messuages and tenements 
in Walton, to have and to hold to the use of ** Edwardi Langton filii junioris prefati 
Thome Langton militis" for life. 

A further provision was made for Edward by charter, dated Slat March 11th Eh'za- 
beth 1568, in which John Woodcock of Walton-iu-le-Dale and Qeorge Eastham of 
the same place^ yeoman, were enfeoffed of messuages, lands and hereditaments in 
Bretherton, in Preston, Walton, Cuerden, BiUington, Lawton, Newton, &c., to secure 
an annuity of xt'*, ** ad opus et usum Edwardi Langton filii sui predicti Thome Lang- 
ton militia." 

After Sir Thomas Langton's death the jurors find that Edward was living in Pres- 
ton, and (hey stated his age, but at this point the inquisition is mutilated, and Kuer- 
den*s abstract (where we find the age of the heir) does not give that of Edward. 
He was recorded at the Preston Quild of 1562 after the name of Sir Thomas Langton 
as ** filius ejus." In the 12th Elizabeth (1569-70) Anne, widow of Sir Thomas 
Iiangton, brought against him a writ of dower, and recovered against him her thirds, 
upon which he had entered. 

At the Guild of 1582 he was recorded as ** filius Thome Langton militis defuncti," 
and was alive 28th Elisabeth 1585-6, when he sued Adam BusheU, who occupied the 
lands in Cuerden settled upon him by his father, and who had got possession of the 
title deeds. 

The surmise that Edward, being the son of Anne Talbot, might also be the same aa 
Edward the father of Roger lAugton, afterwards of Broughton Tower, who was 
sworn stattinger at the Preston Guild of 1582, derives some support from the circum- 
stance of Roger's eldest son William taking a Talbot as his crest at the hands of 
Wm. Ryley, Norroy in 1657 ; but proofs of Edward's age, marriage, and death are 



LANCASHIRE AND CHSSHI&E WILLS. 253 

lyvinge Unto Marie Wynstanley^ my doaghter one hundreth markf 
To my doughter Anne Boolde one hundreth poundf To Katheryn 
my yongest dougbter towardf her pferment in manage the some of 
• . . hundred poundf when she shall [oonie] to mariage or to th^adge of 
twentie one yeres To my brother Wi&m L.^ ten pounds To my son 
ffletewodde his children that ys to saye two sonnes and vj doughtera 
to e^ye of them £fourtye shillinges To my oosyn Bichard Boolde 
sijie po[undf ] thirtene shillinges £foure penf To my coeyn Henrie 

twentie poundf To my cosyn Thomas Boolde tenne 

poundes To my cosyns Elizabethe Boolde and Alice B[oolde] 
towardf theire pferment and amendemont of lyvinge to eytber of 

them sixe pou[ndf] thirtene shillinges £foure penf To E 

. Rissheton in recompence of her wagf fibr her longe service done 
fiburtie pou[ndf] To TbcMoas Edmondson my pst one annuytie of 
ffourtie shillinges duringe the terme of £foure yeres nexte after my 
disceasse To my weibeloued servaunte Petur ffarrington in recom- 
pence of his wages and longe service one annuytie of ffourtie 
shillinges [for four years] To my servaunte Edmunde Buraooo one 
annuytie of ffourtie shillinges [for four years] To my weibeloued 
[servaunte] Wilfan Banester one annuytie of thirtene shillinges 
ffoure penC [as before] To Jane Banaster^ wiff of saide Wiihn 
[one] annuytie of twentie shyliinges [as before] To my weibeloued 

servaunte James one annuytie of ffourtie shillinges [as 

before] To my tru[stie] servaunte George Estome^ one umuytie of 

wanting, and the oontinuator of the pedigree in the copy of the YiBitation of 1567 
(Sari. M8S. No. 1549) treats him as being without issue. 

^ BCary had a grant of an annuity from her father in the year 6th and 6th Philip 
and Mary. She was living at Wigan 11th Eliz. 

^ William Langton was living at Walton 11th Eliz. A charter granted to him by 
hb brother was given in evidence at the inquisition post mortem. 

' September, 34th Henry Till. (1542). Sir Thomas granted to Joan Stanley then 
his servant an annuity of 208. She was the wife of William Banester and was living 
at Bretherton 11th Elia. Inquisition post mortem. 

* Gborge Eastham, along with John Woodcock, was a trustee in the settlement of 



254 LANCASfilRK AND CHBSHIftB WILLS. 

twe[ntie] mxe sbillinges eighte penf [as before] To my servaonte 

Wi&m his service one annuytie of ffourtie sbillinges 

[as before] To my trustie servauute Richard B one 

annuitie of £fourtie sbillinges [as before] [To] Thomas Howcarre* 
my servaunte one annuytie of £fourtie sbillinges [as before] To my 
welbeloued servaunte Richard Aynesworthe in recompence of bis 
service one annuytie of twentie sixe sbillinges digbte penf [as before] 
To my trustie servaunte Wiftm Stretbarell one annuytie of twentie 

sixe sbillinges eighte penC [as before] To my servaunte John 

one annuytie of ffourtie sbillinges [as before] To my servaunts 
Witlm Browne Henrye Wilkinson Raff Walmysley James Wal- 

mysley and Leighe [each] one annuitie of twentie 

sbillinges [as before] To my welbeloued servaunte Richard , 

one annuytie of twentie sixe sbillinges eighte penf [as before] 

Braithwait in recompence of bis paynes taken at my 

comaunde fiiftie three sbillinges ffoure penf To my trustie servaunte 
Edward Toogood one annuytie of twentie sbillinges [as before] To 
my servaunte Olyver Gricbelowe one annuytie of ffyve sbillinges 
[as before] To my servaunte Edward Award twentie sbillinges 
To my servaunte Witlm Gowper twentie sbillinges To my welbe- 

loved ffrende Ewan of Preston one annuytie of twentie 

sbillinges [as before] To Elizabeth Caterowe [or Calerowe] widoo 
and Alice her daughter one annuytie of thirtie sbillinges [as before] 
[To everie] one of my howseholde workemen at busbandrye the 

some of thirtene sbillinges penf and to e^y ploughe boye 

and other boyes servinge within my bouse sixe shilling^ eisrhte penf 
To evy woman servaunte within [my house] the some of ten 

Slst March, 1667, on Edward Langton. Ax. Kaatbam and Kiohard hia son liad an 
annuity of 408. granted to him by Sir Thomas Langton 25th April, 86th Haniy YIII. 
1643. Bichard Eastham was living at Walton 11th Elis. 

1 Or Horscarr. 

For the notes to Sir Thomas Langton's wiU the Editor is indebted to Mr. William 
Langton, the Honorary Secretary of tho Chotham Society. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRB WILLS. 255 

sbillinges in amendemente of their wages [My] executor^ shall 

distribute upon the poore people suche as be impotent b 

[the five lines which follow are so much decayed and torn as to be 

illegible] will js that my saide executourf sh £frendf 

M' Justice Gams and M' Justice Walshe unto eyther of them 

xiijU yjB yiijd remembraunce when I am departide owte 

of this liBf trustinge they this my desire to be supvisors 

of this my last will My executor^ shall haue duringe the saide 
terroe of ffoure yeres evy one of them sixe poundf thirtene shillinges 
ffoure penf £for remembraunce sake when I am gone And [the] 
resydue of all my goodf rentf &c. duryng [the] saide terme of £foure 
yeres I geve to my saide execntorf to use and bestowe as they shall 

thinke In witnes &c. I the said Th[omas] Langton 

knighte haue set my hand and seale of armes the daye and yere 

ffirste above written In the Oervase Eitson Oalfride 

Braithwaite Bobt Shirbume p me Johnem Parker p me Thomas 
Psootte. 



THE WILL OF THOMAS RIXTON OF 
GREAT SANKEY, GENT.» 



IN the name &c. 16 January 1539 [1539-40] I Thomas 
Byxton of Mycbe Sonke in the countye of Lancasf gentylman 
hdll in my mynde &c. My body to be buryede in the piche churche 
of Warynton in the chapell on the soweth syde of the churche called 

1 No date of probate. The testator married Margeiy, daughter of Nioholaa Batler 
base brother of Sir Thomas Batler of Bewsey Knight, and had issue Thomas his 
son and heir who married Anne daughter of John Eecleston of Eodeston Esq., 
Stephen, Edward, Dorothy, Mai^garet, and Anne who married John Massej of 
Whiokkswiok gent. ^ Harl. M88. 1549, fo. 82. 



256 lancjishirb and Cheshire wills. 

Byxion chapell I bequeth my mortuarye nccordjng unto the k jngf 
actf theroff made I wyll y* my doughr Dorathe shall haue iiij kye 
and ij hefFurs wiche bene hir awne pper goodf of and besydf hir 
chyldys parte of goodf To Thomas Ryxton myn eldest sone all 
howeseholde stufTe as is in the hall that ys to whete all bourdes 
formes and trestyllf the cupborde handeironf hengyngf skrene and 
all suche ezcepte the vessell oppon the skrene Also a cart a plongh 
and a harrowe with all the harnes therunto belongyng and iiij of my 
capuUf [?] to drawe hf ploughe that is to wete Norman Gryme Hob 
and Bay so y^ the seide Thorns my sone be luffyng and kynde unto 
my wyfie and chyldren and yf he do deale unkyndlye w^ them then 
yt is my wyll y* my wy£fe haue all the goodf before bequest to the 
[said] Thorns towardf the manage} of my doughters I wyll y^ iiij 
torches be made of my awne goodf agaynst [my] buryall and y^ at $ 
I be buryede ij of the seide torches shall be dely^yth unto the 
churche of Weryngton and other too to the ehapell of Fameworth 
Where I haue grantede unto my too yonger sonnes Stevyn and 
Edwarde to either of them xx^ of annuetie goyng oute of all my 
landf in Weryngton Mych Sonkye and Penkith I wyll y^ the seide 
Stevyn and Edwarde shall haue the annuetie duryng theire lyfff I 
wyll y^ Margery my wyfPe shall haue the custody of the seide ded^ 
and receyde the seidQ anniieties unto suche tyme as they shall come 
to the age of xyj*** yeres towarde theire fyndyng I bequethe the 
residue of my goode unto Mar^e my wyfFe and my ij doughters 
Dorathe and Margareth toward^ theire mariage} I make Mar^e my 
wyfTe and Stevyn my son my executors and my good ma£$ Sir 
Thomas Butler Knyght John Assheley Thomas Sonky Esquyres 
and Antony Col wiche gentilman ovseers of this my wyll besekyng 
them to see y^ my wyffe and chyldren be not ov pressede The beyng 
wytnesse Thoiiis Bradshawe Wiftm Hardeman the elder Wilhn 
Sefton Wiihn Hardeman the yong' and others. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 257 



THE WILL OF ANNE BEOKE OF MANCHESTER, 

WIDOW.i 



IN the &c. 17 June 1578 I Anne Becke late weif of Thomas 
Becke of Manchester widowe make this my last will &c. My 
bodie to be buried in Jesus chappell nere to my husband To 
Thomas Becke his heires and assignes sonne of Robert B. late of 
Manchester all that third pte of the land in the Deansgate called 
the orchard and housinge thereupon builded w<^^ I latlie purchased 
uppon condi%n that the said Thomas B. shall allowe unto me 
tenne pounds w^^ I doe owe him for pt of his childe pt of goods If 
the said Thomas B. will not allowe the said sume of tenne pounds 
then I give the said land and housinge unto Nicholas B. my sonne 
and to his heires uppon condi%n that the said Nicholas B. shall 
paie unto the said Thomas B. tenne pound(> for mee To Nicholas 
B. my sonne all my tables bord^ and formes in the hall w^ the 
cupbordf and the pewter thereuppon To my said sonne Nicholas 
B. all my greate lead^ standinge in frames paienge for them as they 
be priced unto To my doughter Gicilie Holland one silver girdle 
To my doughter Anne Houghton one other silver girdle To Richard 
Hunt two of my greatest pewter dishes and two of the lesser sort 
of pewter dishes in the chamber and a great spitt To Anne Hunt 
for her paynes takinge w*^ me vjl^ xiij" viij<* I give evy one of my 
sonne Nicholas B. children iij* iiij^ a pece To Thomas B. sonne of 
Bobert Becke one great pott in the kitchin To Adam Byrom my 

> ProTed Feb. 10, 1579 [1579-80]. Anno, widow of Thomas Bock of Msnchester, 
had iasae Robert, whose will is dated 17th December 1556; I^icholas Beck, buried 
at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, 14th NoTomber 1581 ; Maiy, wife of Henry 
Byrom of Salford ; Elizabeth, wife of Bichard Hunt ; Cicely, who married first Adam 
Byrom of Salford, and secondly James Holland of Salford, clothier ; and Anne, wife 
of Humfrey Houghton of Manchester, clothier. 

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258 LANCASHfRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

doughter Gicilie sonne yj^ viij^ To John Houghton my doughter 
Boniie vj> viij^ To Sibell my sonnes ser^nt vj" viij^ if my good^ will 
extend to doe the same It is ray will that Nicholas Becke [and] 
his heires shall have a certen rent pchased of Wittm Strangwaies 
Esquier and goenge out of the land at the Sude Hill and is the sume 
of xviij" yerelie [and] the rent w«^ I purchased joyntlie w*^ John 
Glover of Thomas Tetlowe w«^ is ij« yerelie goenge out of the land 
in the Deansgate nowe in the boldinge of me the said Anne B. To 
my doughter Gicilie my great chest in the plure paienge for the 
same as it is priced unto To my doughter Houghton my other 
great chest paienge for it as it is priced unto After my funerall 
charges and debt(> paid I give my goode remayninge amongeste my 
said children equallie to be devided. I make my welbeloved and 
trustie frend Thomas Birche gent to whom for his paynes I give xl* 
and my sonne Nicholas B. my executors And to be ovseers I doe 
constitute &;c. my welbeloved sonne in lawe Homfrey Haughton 
and Bic. Hunt gent In witnes &c. in the pnc^ &c. Hie. Hunt 
James Holland Robert Byrom Laurance Byrom. 



THE WILL OF WILLIAM KENNYON OF 
MANCHESTER, GENT.» 



IN the name &o. 28 Maye 1572 I Wyftm Kennyon of Man- 
chester gentylman sicke in bodie &c. To be buryed within 
the pishe churche of Prestwiche (yf I dye within the countye of 
Lancaster) soe nere unto the place where my ffather was buried as 
myn executors convenyentlye can and if I dye not within the 
countye palantyn then to be buryed by the dicreacon of my said 

» Proved 2l8t June, 1572. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHBSHIRB WILLS. 269 

exeoutoTS where it shall fortune me to dye And whereas I have 
graunte of oure sovaigne ladie the queues mtfi^ under hir grao^ seale 
of hir duchie of Lancaster by indenture 10 Feb. 13 of her hignes 
reigne one lease of all the fiynes issues azScyament^ and other ifor- 
feytures within the countye palantyne of Lancaster ffor the terme of 
xxjx'^^ yeares yett to come yt ys my will that my brother Thomas 
Eennyon nbwe appntice in Handburowe and my brother Myohaell 
Eennyon nowe' of Bamard(> Inne shalhave after my deathe my 
same lease and the profitt(; thereof accordinge to the laste will of my 
ffather Wyihn Kennyon late disceassed and all other my leases of 
tythes chauntree lande or any other pffitte within the countye of 
Lancaster or Chester iFor their educacon and bringinge uppe and for 
the dischardge of suche debt(9 and bequest(; as were either given and 
owinge by the laste will of my said ffather Wittm K. or by this my 
la^te will My said brethren Thomas and Mychaell shall have my 
intst and righte of the offyce of the darkeshippe of the peace 
durynge the liffe of Barnarde Bondolphe of whome I have a depu- 
tacon of the said offyce ffor terme of [his] lyff And whereas 
the same deputacon hath in yt the names of M' Alexand' Bigbye 
and M' Robart Shawe by reason whereof they joynete graunttees 
w^^ me and my bretheren which was done for noe other purpose but 
onely for the saifftie of suche somes of money as they were boounden 
for me to the same Barnarde Rondolphe and those beinge dischardged 
to surrend' agayne their righte therein to me and my brethren And 
for BO muche as ther ys noe surrend' made of their rights therein to 
me and my brethren synce the dischardge of the said boound() to the 
same Bondolphe therefore I thoughte it goodde to sette thus muche 
fforthe in this my laste will to that ende my said executors mighte 
knowe in whatte sorte their said names came into the said depu- 
tacon and the trewthe thereof And as I dowte not but that the said 
M' Rigbye and M' Shawe wilbe redye at all tymes to surrend' their 
saide righte to my executors for the same even soe yt ys my will 



260 LANCABHIRS AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

that my executors shall suffer the said M' B. and tSr S. to reoeive 
suche ffees as were assingined to theym by the laste will of my 
fEftther Wyttm E. yf the same M' B. and M' S. wilbe contented to 
see the dischardge of all things touchebinge the same office as they 
have done in my tyme and that they shall also have all suche 
arreag^ as are behynde of their ffees I gyve unto my brethren 
Thomas E. and Myohaell E. all my goodd(^ plate juels debt(> and 
other thingQ [for] the dischardge of the laste will of Wittm E. my 
ffather and of this my laste will I gyve to the repaire of Prest- 
witche churche the some of twentye shealing(> and other twentie 
shealinge to the repaire of Manchester churche To my servante 
Andrewe Worthington one whoole yeares wag(> over and besides 
suche wag() as I am indebted unto hym my gray nagge whiche I 
ryde on my saddill brydell boot^ spurres my cloike not ffurred my 
beste blacke coote my beste dowblet my beste hoose and too of my 
beste shirty my beste cappe my beste bagge and girdle and twoe of 
my beste hande kevercheff^ or at his elec%n my grey geldinge and 
the ffumyture belongynge unto hym Yt ys my will that the same 
Andrewe shalhave if he doe remayne with my executors and serve 
theym as he hath done me heretofore the one half of all suche money 
as shall come by waye of pledge fee upon indytament^ durynge 
suche tyme as the same Andrewe shall remayne with theym and of 
the other moytie shall make a trewe accompte ^o my executors 
yearely from tyme to tyme My executors shall yearely gyve unto 
myn olde servaunte Wittm Cocker duringe the liff of hym and his 
wiff and the longer lyver of theym the some of eighte &healing(> in 
respecte of suche paynes and travell as he and she hath taken with 
me and for the dischardge and paymente of their rente Every one 
of my s'vaunte that hath gathered the grenewax money for me 
uppon his accompte after my deathe shall have (the same beinge 
trewlye and justlye made) one yeares wagQ and a blacke coote and 
otherwise nothinge Wittm Bede shalhave uppon his accompte 



LANCASHIRE AND CHE8HIBE WILLS. 261 

trewly made to my executors the some of ffourtje shealing^ To 
everye one of the servant^ and apprentyc(9 nowe inhabytinge at 
Hughe Thorpp^ the some of thre shealingi) foure pence and to 
Gicilye Lorde at suche tyme as she ys maryed a cowe and a calf 
and unto Hughe Thorppe and his wiiF either of theym an olde 
angell for remembraunce To my servante Boger Kennyon yearely 
for the space of twenty yeares (if so longe he do lyve) the some of 
threttyne shealingi foure pence in respecte of his longe service and 
paynes And whereas I am bounden to paye unto M' Assheton of 
Leyver twelve pounde threttyne shealing(9 foure pence yearely for the 
pffitt(> of my said lease for certayne yeares yet to come yt ys my will 
that my executors (after th'ende of the said yeares be expyred) shall 
yearely paie unto my brother Edwarde E. for the space of twentye 
yeares thre pounds six shealingi eighte pence and to my brother 
Xpofer E. for the like terme fourtye 8healing(> And if it ffortune 
either my said brother Thomas E. or my brother Mychaell E. to 
dye within the space of two yeares next after my deathe so that my 
whoole lease shall come unto the one as survyvor yt ys my will that 
my executor then survy vinge shall gyve to everye one of the sonnes 
of Bicharde Eennyon my oldeste brother ffourtie 8healing() and to 
everye one of his doughters twentye shealingi To my brother 
Xpofer E. his sonnes ffourtye shealing(> and to his doughters 
twentye shealingi To my brother in lawe Thomas Gidlowe his 
sonnes fourtye shealingi and to his doughters twentye shealingi To 
my brother in lawe Lawrence fibgge his sonnes fiburtye shealingf 
and to his doughters twentye shealingi To my syster Gidlowe and 
my syster ffogge tooe of my beste golde ringe with either a stone in 
for a remembraunce To the poore within the towne of Manchester 
and Salforde ffourtye shealinge My executors shall suffer my ser- 
vante Boger Eennyon to doo under theym in all things as heretofore 
he hath done under me so longe as he wilbe therew^^ contented and 
that he shall have all suche wage ^nd fees as heretofore he hath byn 



262 LANCASHIRE AND CHB8HIRE WILLS. 

accustomed to have at my hand(> To Baulf Hopwoodde and Stephen 
Browne either of theym an old angell for a remembraunce of their 
olde paynes To Jamys Hunte servante to Roger Bexwicke six 
shealinge eighte pence and unto every childe I am god&ther unto 
tooe shealing^ To twelve poore men to be pyked owte in Manches- 
ter and Salford twelve rugge gownes To the curat^ of Manchester 
three 8healing() foure pence a peece To the vycars twoe shealingQ 
To the deacons twelve pence And for my bringynge fourthe I 
referre to the goodde consideraoon of my supvysors M' Hogekyneon 
of Preston shalhave my flawchyn w<* afore I have pmysed hym and 
a velvet waste girdle for the same Yt ys my will that myn awne 
m' Edwarde Tyldisley Esquier shalhave my instrumente w* I have 
lente hym so that he leave the same to his sonne Thorns after his 
deathe and that M'^garate Tildisley my goddoughter shalhave ray 
beste Jemewe rynge of golde My ffrende M' Richardson of Myres- 
coghe shalhave my beste clooke ffurred for a remembraunce betwixte 
hym and me M' Radclif of Langley shalhave my gilte halbard and 
my crabtree stafie w^ a home uppon the head All other my gooddf 
I gyve to my said brethren Thomas and Mychaell [the] executors 
of this my will and doe humblye requyre and hertely besecke my 
worshippfuU ffrende Edward Tyldisley Esquier my dere ffrende M' 
Richard Radcliff of Longley M' Alexander Rigbye M' Robert 
Shawe M' Thomas Ghaterton M' Wyttm Baguley and my servante 
Andrewe Worthington to be supvysors and my said supvysors 
shalhave everye one of theym for their paynes ffourtye shealing^ In 
wytnes &c. I have subscribed my name and sett my scale the daie 
and yeare iirste above menffined. 

Wyttm Eennyon. 
Wytnes &c. Thomas Towneley signu manualo Henric Bar- 
croft + Wyttm Duskebery signii manuale Henric Rissheton + 
Roger Aspden and others. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHCSHIBB WILLS. 263 

THE WILL OF ANTHONY MOLYNEUX, EEOTOR 
OF SEPHTON AND WALTON.^ 



IN the name &o. I Antony Molyneux pson of Sefton in the 
countye of Lane beyng of pfect mynde &c. My bodye to he 
buryed at Sefton (yf I dept there) in the chauncell w*in ij yard(> 
where my suster Irelond was buried on her right syde All my debt(> 
to be payd and what other awe to me hit shall appere by a lyttell 
byll annexed to this my wyll I desire S' Bye Molyneux knyght 
my m' and patrone and my brother in lawe Laurence Irelond squier 
to be my executors gevyng theym ftiUe auctorytye and power w*out 
Bcrouple of conscyence to adde to mynysshe and chaunge any pt of 
this my wyll at there pleasure as they shall thinke most mette and 
convenyent And fibr their paynes I beqwethe to ayther of [them] 
xl» and to y« said M' Molyneux the best gamysshe of pewt y* I 
have and to my brother Irelond my sylv pece y* my sist' Irelond be- 
quethed me and a gylt spone And I wyll y* M' Antony Molyneux my 
godd son shall have halfe my book^ of devynyte and all my s'mond^ 
wrytten of' my awne hande bothe Englysshe s'mond^ and s'mond(> 
iu Laten and Baptist y® other halfe I wyll my bodye to be buryed 
as shortely and so hastely afte' my decease as my executors conve- 
nyentlye maye And I wyll have no monethe mynde but what so 
e? shalbe done to be done or spent y® daye of my buryall And as 
concninge dylapida^ns ffor Sefton consideringe y^ I have made so 
greatt cost^ of y® chauncell and revestre and at y^' psonage and at all 
bames stables and other there I thinke my successors cannot in con- 
scyence requyer any dylapidacons fibr Sefton And as conSnynge 

> No date of probate. Anthonj Molyneux waa instituted to the rectory of Walton, 
near Liyerpool 4th August 1548. His succeeeor, Anthonj Molyneux, waa instituted 
6th September 1657. — Baines's Lane, toI. iy. p. 42. 

The testator's name is not in Baines's list of the rectors of Sephton. 



264 tANCASHIRB AND CBESHI&B WILLS. 

dilapidacoDS ffor Walton consideringe M' Molyneux my patrooe 
and executor and S' Wittm Molyneux knyght deceased his late 
ffather beynge my flfaraier of the tythes of Walton have had myche 
pfTett by me therof synce I was made pson there also y^ I had at y* 
instannce and arbytrament of y* said S' Wiffm Molyneux knyght 
not above eght pounde of y« executors of my ^deoessor of Walton 
ffor delapidacons there I trust y' the said M' Molyneux my exeoutor 
and patrone wyll take suche ord' and dyrecion y* he and myne other 
executor shalbe intreted accordyngly Also where as I had certeyn 
stufTe of my said syst' Ireland whose saule God pdon the ptyclers 
wherof apperith in a byll of myne awne hande and also Omfrey 
Hunt knowith y^ same the said stuff shalbe dely^ed to my brother 
Ireland aft' my decease In wytnis wherof to this my last wyll I 
have subscrybett my name w^ my awne hande and sett to my seall in 
y® psence of Edmunde Molyneux of MaghuU S' Henry ffazakerley 
Oswolde Amerson Thoins Johnson and Humfrey Hunt y® 13^ 
of October 1563. 



THE WILL OF GRACE SOUTHWORTH, 
WIDOW.i 



IN the name &;c. 22 August 1561 I Grace Suthwoorthe late 
wiefe of Harry S. of Midleton in the countie of Lane gent 
decessed beinge of good &c. My bodye to be buried in the pishe 
churche at Winwicke My will is that wheras my said husband at 
his deptinge gave unto me all his pte of goodQ to myne owne pp use 

^ Proved in 1673. The Southworths of Southworth and Samlesbury. baTing largo 
estates in the former township, long continued to be buried at Winwick, their original 
parish church. No monuments exist. This member of the familj does not ocoor in 
any of the pedigrees. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 265 

(and as yet not devyded) that the same goodde shalbe devided into 
three ptes one to remayne unto my two daughters Ellen S. and 
Alice S. and th^other two ptes w^^ remayne to myselfe shalbe 
bestowed as hereafter shalbe expressed To my sone Thomas S. one 
yoke of oxen one gelding or els one mare the best fether bed in the 
howse two bolsters one pellowe two coylett() two blankettc one 
covinge and one payre of flaxen sheets of the best sorte and one aker 
of barlye To Alice S. my yonger daughter fyve pounds To Anne 
Houghton and Grace Houghton daughters of Robarte H. either of 
them xx« To Jane Whitell my daughter iip y]« viij* To Anne 
Eden wiefe of Peter Eden my daughter three busshell^ of otes and 
three bushell(> of barlye To Thomas Whitell my eldest sone [a] 
dublet of buckes lether w^^ was my husband^ and one girkin To 
Thomas Eden one cowe calfe To Jane Penket^ my god daughter 
one yew and one lambe To Elizabeth Molynex wiefe of Thomas 
Molynex one payre of brode flaxen sheets and that she shall delip 
the same to her daughter Jane Penket^ in and upon the daye of her 
maryage To my daugters Ellen and Alice either one payre of bed- 
stockes w**» the hangings and the rest of bedstock^ w* the hangingf 
to remayne to my sonne Thomas To Grace Pye my daughter one 
mattresse one bolster two covlett^ one payre of canvas sheet(> and 
one red peticote To Jane Whitell one gowne lyned w*** worested 
one whyte peticote and my best hatt To my daughter Alice S. my 
best gowne and my best peticote To my daughter Jane Whytell 
one mattresse one bolster two covlettQ and [a] payre of canvas shoetq 
And all the rest of my good(> &c. moveable I geve unto Alice S. 
and Ellen S. my two daughters by even portions so that my execu- 
tors doe take uppe for my fotvall and debt^ accordinge to th'^order 
and custome of the contrey And I constitute my executors Thomas 
Molynex gent Thurstan Suthwoorthe gent Thomas S. my sonne and 
Sir Richard Psivall priest And I desyre my right Worship"*^ m' Sir 

II. MM 



266 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

John Suthwoorthe Knygfat* to be supvisour Witnes fro. Thomas 
Jackson priest Edwarde Honghton and [sic] Henwoorthe w^ othen 

I!m I geve to Thomas Bradshawe so muohe whyte , ... Co 

make him a coote. 



THE WILL OF llOBERT BO WARE J 



IN the name &o. I Bpobart Boware clerke perfate in mjnd &c. 
My boddye to be burreed wythin the chauncell of Saynt 
Johns under the stonis afore the blessed sacrament My will is that 
my lord bushope by the way of charetye and for Godf sake helpe to 
burye me and of my fre wyll bequeth unto hym an old angell noble 
to remember me in his prayer That Master Deane to have v* and 
all the cannds and petye canons and all other menesters of the same 
church shall be at my burryall and the oannos iij" iiij^ the pece and 
the petye canons xx<^ « pece and to the gospeller and the pesteller 
xx^ the pece and to the candokf xij<^ ^ pece and to the master of the 
cheldeme x\j^ and to the queresters and the bedmen vj^ a pece All 
such prestf of the cyttye as shalbe at my berreall shall have viij^ a 
pece and everrye paresch clarke vj^ and the clarke of Scant Johns 
iij* iiij^ My executors shall cause to be mayd v taupers of waxe of 
the weght of everre tauper fore pound and the same tapers to be 
lyght everre Sondaye and hoUe daye at matens masse and evensong 
so long as they shall endure To v pore folkes to praye for my soUe 
at the place of my berreall Sondaye and Frydaye thre [there] knel- 
ing during the tyme of the masse for the space of one holle yere after 
my berreall everre one of them penie a pece I bequath x^' to be 

* This IB tlie well InowA reousunt of the fomily meDtionad by Stiype snd others 
who married at M iddleton Church, July 28rd, 1547, Maiy, daughter of Sir Richatd 
Anthetou, knight.— Xanc. MSS,y yoI. iiL p. 231. He ob. in 1595. 

* FroTed S^tember 14, }554. 



MNCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 267 

geveQ to poiir^ folkc at the daye of my burresJl at Seant Johns by 
penie a peoe To Elsab^th Meyre xvj^ viijd and to Elsabeth Wade 
yjt yjijd Jo my guaters doghters syxe poundf xiij" iiij* the wyoh 
my executors shall delyver to M^ Bucksaye tlvat he shall dely ver to 
my sayd suatera doghters at such tyme as they come to yers of 
desKsreoyooe or marryage To the making of the haven H* Unto my 
oosyue Bucksaye my bassen and my laver and my second goune and 
a tippet To Margaret Crue wyddowe syxe pounds xi\j' iiij^ To 
Syre Peter Blake my serplese and a cape To Master Masse xl> To 
Alles Worsle xx« To AUes Crue vj« viij^ To Peter Garrard syxe 
poundf xiij> iiij^ the w<^^ I wyll that my executors shall delyver to 
the handf of Marget Crue to the use of the sayd Peter To Richard 
Lowe xl» To Wyllyame Stronger xx^ To my god cheldeme xij* a 
pece To the petye cannons viij selver sponys To Thomas Foxe xx' 
To Hugh Haghtone iij* iiij^ To Thomas Bamis during his lyf my 
lease of the orchat of Scant Johns dyscharging the rente of the sayd 
lease To Margaret Crue wyddowe my lease of the garden at Seant 
Johns during her lyf descharing the rent therof I bequeth to my 
brother Arther Bower my advossone of the vekerech of Boltone in 
the Morrys to the youse of Syre Hournfre Boyere or Syr Edward 
Gkimet yf he shall thinke most expedeent when yt shall shance to 
fiille To Bychard Newall yj« viij^ and one of my gounys To John 
Hanke t" and one of my gounes To M^ Plankne my best gune I 
gyve to Seant Johns Church one of my quere boekf I gyve more 
to my brotherenlaye Wyllyame Lennecare xxyj* viij^ The rest of 
all my good^ and monye 1 gyve frellye to my brother Arther whom 
w^ my brotherinlaye Wyllyame Lennecar I constetude myne exe- 
cutors so that the sayd Arther shall dyscharge in all maS) of shutf 
the sayd Wyllyame Lennecare and forther I bequeth to M' Buckse 
my satten dublet and to Elsabeth Wayd my red mantell and I 
make over sears M' John Masse clerke of the parresh of Seant Johns 
and Nyoolas Buckse one of the premenders [sic] of the cathedrall 



268 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WlltS* 

church of Ghryst and oure laddye Rychard Newall tanner Wrytene 
in Chester the last daje of August in the fyrst and seoond yere of 
Phelipe and Mare by the grace of Otoi king and quen of England 
[&;c.] And forther my wyll ys that my seayd brother Arther shall 
be ruled in all thingf ressonable by my overseers and yf he wyll not 
then I wyll that my oversears shall ruUe both hyme and my goodf 
according to ther descrecyone Thes being present in wytnes per me 
Rychard Lowe per me John Masse clerke per me Nycolas Bucksey^ 
clorke per me Jhon Hanke per me Thomas Bamis per me Jasper 
Orymsdych. 



THE WILL OF DAME MARY EGEBTON 
OF ASTBURY, WIDOW.« 



IN the name of God amen The 18 Oct. 1597 I Dame Marye 
Egerton late of Rydley in the countie of Chester widdowe of 
S' Richard E. knight decessed being of good mynde &c. ffirst I 
comend my soule and ppirite into the mlcifull handes of Almighty 
God my eternall creator and redeemer in whose fayth &c. and my 
body when yt shall please God to appoynt the tyme to Christian 
burial! at the discrecon of my executors And whereas Rauffe 
Egerton of Rydley esquier sonne of the sayd S*^ Richard E. knight 
and me the sayd Dame Marye together w*^ Roger Puleston of Emerall 
in the county of fflynt esquier George Ravenscrofte of Bretton 

* Nicholas Buoksie M.A., Prebendary of Chester 4th August 1641, died in 1566. 

' Proved August 1599. Mary, daughter of Richard Grosyenor of Eaton Esq., 
married first Thomas Leigh of Adlington Esq., and secondly Sir Biohard Egerton of 
Bidley Knt., by whom she had issue Balph Egerton her son and heir, William, and 
Dorothy wife of Richard Brereton of Tatton and Worsley Esq. She died 26th 
March 1599, and was buried at Astbury. — Ormerod, toL ii. pp. 162-8, 388. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHB8HIRB WILLS. 269 

in the county of fflynt eaquier and John Ghrosvenor of ToBsingh^m 
in the county of Chester gentleman have by their dede 1 October 26 
Elizabeth graunted amongst other thingf to Thorns Wilbrah'^m of 
Woodhey esquier and Bauffe Bavenscrofte of Bolles in the county 
of fflynt gentleman and to their heires all their manno" messuagf 

&c* in Ole dell ais Wordell Bunbury Galveley Wymynch^'m 

ais Wyndf m Bursley ids Burwardesley and Astbury in the county 
of Chester and in the towne of the Holte ais the towne of Lyons 
and in Alyngton ah Trevalyn w^in the lordship of Bromefield and 

Yale in the county of Denbigh and the manor and w^in 

the county of Staff and all lands colemynes &c. w^ the sayd Roger 
Puleston and John Grosvenor lately had of guifte &c. of Sir Bauffe 
Egerton knight to the use of the sayd Dame Mary E. for life and 
after her decease to the sayd Rauffe E. and [his] heires male And 
where also the sayd Bauffe E. hath by his deede 13 September 29 
Elizabeth graunted to the sayd Thomas W, and Bauffe B. two 
closures of lande the one called the Pavement crofte and th^other a 
medowe adioyninge in the towne of Lyons ids Holte and two 
closures called the Little Weyrhooke and Akrey Hirion in Alyngton 
ais Trevaljm to th^use of the sayd Dame Mary E. [as before] I doe 
give &c. the above men^edd ^mises [to] the sayd Bauffe Egerton 
esquier for life and after [his] deceasse to Bichard Egerton sonne 
and heire apparent of the sayd Banff E. esquier and to [his] heires 
males and for defalte &c. to Bauffe E. second sonne of the sayd 
Bauffe E. esquier and for defiilte &c. to Thomas E. thrid sonne of 
the sayd Bauffe E. esquier and for &c. to the right heires of the sayd 
Bauffe E. esquier for ever I give to the sayd Bauffe E. esquier the 
revoon of one messuage in Prestbury late the inheritance of John 
Bouthe deceassed and now in the tenure of Lawrence Hyde to have 
&c. for ever And whereas by indenture 10 Sep . . Elizabeth made 
betweene me the sayd Dame Marye E. of t^hone pte and my sonne 
Thorns Leigh of Adlington esquier sonne and heire apparent of 



270 LANCASBIBB AND CHB8HIBB WILLS* 

Thorns L. late of Adlington eequier deoeassed of th'^other pte it was 
amongst other thingf agreed that the sayd Thomas L. and SybilP 
his wyfe at th^assises next to be houlden w^in the count; of Chester 
flhonld ooavey the mannor of Prestbnry and the rectory and peonage 
of Prestbuiy and all messuagf teythes &c. to th'ose of me the sayd 
Dame Mary E. for the terme of three score yeares yf I the sayd 
Dame Mary should soe long lyve jmd after to th^use of the sayd Thorns 
Leigh his heires &c. [Power is here granted to Dame Mary E. to 
demise for three lives or twenty one yeara after her death the 
portions of tithes hereafter mentioned] That ys to wytt all the 
teythe come and hay of Oulde Wythyngton now rained at iiq^ p 
ann of Ghelforde now valued at iiij^^ p annu the teythe come of 
Ranowe now valued at xl* p annu of Hurdesfield now valued at 
xxij« p annu of Bollyngton now valued at vij^^ p annu of Bosley and 
Bode now valued at viij^ p annu the teythe come and hay of 
Marton now valued at xv^ p annu of the Milnehouse now valued at 
xxv}« viij* p annu of Astle now valued at liij* iiij* p annu and of 
Wythyngton now valued at xiiij^* vj» viij* p annu (the teythe come 
of 2teyn landf in Ranowe called Spewley and of cteyn landf and 
tentf in BoUington in th^occupacon of Thorns Greene alwayes ex- 
cepted) And where alsoe by indenture 10 September 23 Elizabeth 
betwene me the sayd Dame Marye E. of the first pte and Thomas 
Leigh esquier of the second pte and Roger Puleston of Emrall esq* 
and Raufie E. of Rydley esquier of the thrid pte the sayd Thomas 
did graunte unto the sayd Roger P. and Raufie E. one yearely rent 
of xxij^ X" ysBuynge out of one teiite called Leighes fiarme and out 
of all the landf &c. of the sayd Thomas Leigh in Mouldsdale sis 
Mouldesdale sometyme in the tennure of Richard Grosvenor gentle- 
man decessed late in the tennure of Raufie Ravenscrofte gentleman 
or of John Wynne gentleman to have &c. [The same power as 
before granted to the testatrix] Nowe I the sayd Dame Marye E. 

> Sybill, daughter of Sir Urian Brereton of Hondford £iit. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 271 

bejnge determyned to dispose aawell all the sayd sevall porcoos of 
tejrtbes of oorne and hay in Ould Wythyngton &c. as ako the sayd 
yearely rent of xxij^ x* according to the power given nnto me by 
the nyd sevali provisoes doe graunt the sayd yearely rent of xxij^ 
X* and the sayd poroons of teytfaes in snch manS as hereafter ys 
deckred &c. I give to Wilhn Grrosvenor one of my Svnntf xxvj" 
vii]^ pcell of the sayd yearely rent of xxij^ x" dnringe his lyfe To 
John Newton now my Svunt twenty shillingf dnringe his lyfe To 
my cosyn Raaffe Leigh yongest sonne of the sayd Thomas Leigh 
esquier tenne pownde dnringe his lyfe And further I requyre the 
«ayd Rraffe E. and Richard E. as they will answere me before GtoA 
that they shall yearely pmitt Richard James dnringe his lyfe peace- 
ably to receyve the some of ffortie shillingf And as conoeminge the 
good dispoei6on of the teythes before recyted imprimis I give all the 
teythe corae w^n Ranowe aforesayd (except as ys before excepted) 
to Richard Jackson my Sviinte duringe his lyfe so as the sayd 
Richard Jackson shall be ready to assist and helpe the sayd Raufe 
£. and Richard S. as often as need shall requyre for the gatheringe 
and collectinge of the residue of the teythes and to forsee as much 
as in him lyeth that there be not any deceipt used towardf them 
ooDcninge the same and that the sayd Richard Jackson doe become 
bonnden w^ sufficient suerty in the some of threescore pownde for 
the yearely rent of six powndf dnringe [his] natnrall lyfe to the sayd 
Baoffe E. and Richard E. and yf the sayd Richard Jackson roftise to 
become bonnden then this devyse shalbe voyde Ytt ys my mynde 
that the si^d Ranffe E. esquier Richard E. and the sayd Ranfie E. 
the yonger shall yearely duringe their lyves bestowe at the feastf 
of th^annncifon of the Blessed Mary the Virgin and 8^ Mychaell 
th^arehangell by even porcons amongst the poorest inhl^antf and 
honsholders of the sePall pishes hereafter mencoedd the sevali somes 
of money sett downe as foUoweth viz. to the poorest inhitantf and 
honsholders W^^n the pishe of Prestibury Astbnry and Bonbofy [to 



272 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

each pftiish] fyve powude To the poore w^in the towne of Honlte in 
the coiintie of Denbigh in the pishe of Eccleaton in the towne and 
pishe of Torpurley Malpas Acton and Tattenhall [each place] fforty 
shilling^ to be distributed so as no one poore pson of the townes and 
pishes aforesayd shall receyve above vj" viij^ in any on^ yeare w^ut 
ffirande or covyn Farther the sayd Bauffe E. esquier &c. shall 
distribute not onely the yearely some of tenne powndf towardf the 
pferm educacon and instruccon of such poore children and orphantt* 
as shalbe thought apt and willinge to leame and take pajmes as 
pDtices in manuall craftf and occupacons but also other tenne 
pownde yearely for repacons of highwayes duringe the lyves of the 
sayd Bauffe E. esquier &o. by the ovsight of my sayd execute'* I 
requyre the sayd Bauffe E. esq' &;o. that they shall yearely recey ve 
a true ctificate in wrytinge under the handf of the constables or ells 
of two honest houshoulders of ev^y towne and village wherein the 
sayd Bauffe E. esquier &;c. shall distribute any somes of money in 
^ch gi^yj ctificate shalbe playnely sett downe aswell all the sev^all 
ptiouler somes gevin to poore people and to the ^ferm of poore 
children and orphantt in manuall artf and occupacons and to the 
repacon of high wayes as also the names and s'names of ev^y poore 
pson that shall receyve any of the sayd somes My mynde and harty 
request unto the sayd Bauffe E. esquier Biohard E. and the sayd 
Bauffe E. the yonger ys that they doe pmitt my cosyn John Daven- 
po'* of North Bode and Elizabeth his wyfe to have the tythes of 
Marten and Great Wythyngton for the rente as aforesayd for the 
terme of their three lyves I give to the sayd Bichard E. six draught 
oxen tenne kyne all my implem^ of husbandrye and all such come 
w^^ shalbe remayninge in my bames and gardners unspent after my 
funlall be celebrated and my sealinge ringe w^ the lyons pawe and 
sword To my sonne Thomas Leigh esquier one hundred pownde 
Yf the sayd Thorns Leigh esquier shall at any tyme after my 
deceasse hynder the execu^n of this my last will then noe some of 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHiaE WILLS. 273 

one hundred pownde shalbe payd to [hiin] nor any legacye by me 
given unto any of [his] children To the sayd Bauffe E. the yonger 
twenty pownde yearely for his lyfe To the sayd Thorns E. thrid 
Sonne of the sayd Bauffe E. esquier twenty pownde yearely during 

his lyfe To nay cosyn S' Uryan Leigh knight twenty pownde 

the lyfe of the sayd Thoins Leigh esquier To my welbeloved sonne 
S' Thorns Egerton knight Lord Keep of the Great Seall of England 
one ringe of gould havinge therein a dyamond To my cosyn S' 
Thorns Egerton knight his sonne twenty pownde To my cosyn 
John Egerton his other sonne one portague of gould To my cosyn 
Marye Leigh his doughter one portague of gould To my sonne in 
lawe Bichard Brereton esquier threescore pownde and to my 
doughter Dorothye Brereton fforty pownde in money my best gowne 
and kyrtle and all other my apparell ringf and jewellf not before or 
hereafter by me given and disposed and one little cofer co9ed w^^ a 
seall skynne To Thorns Leigh and Edward L. yonger sonnes of the 
sayd Thoins Leigh esq' twenty pownde a peece and to M^garet L. 
doughter of the sayd Thorns Leigh esquier fforty pownde To my 
cosyn Mary Hope twenty pownde To Bauffe Egerton my servunte 
iiijii To my cosyn Mary Lawton one crucifix of gould my second 
gowne and kyrtle and my best peticoate To my cosyn Elizabeth 
Maysterson one ringe of gould having therein a sapbyre and one 
portague of gould To my godsonne Boger Puleston esquier one 
portague of gould To my cosyn Thoins WilbraU'm esquier one 
portague of gould To my cosyn Thomas Puleston one peece of 
gould in value xxx* To my cosyn Bauffe Bavenscrofte one peece of 
gould in value xxx* To my goddoughter Mawde Hope two ringf of 
gould the one havinge therein a turkesse and a flatt hoope of gould 
three pownde in money and my thrid gowne and kirtle To ev^y one 
of my worke serviintf and others of my Svnnt^ aswell women as 
men not by me holpen or pferred to some stay of lyvinge and such 
as to whom I have not given any legacye evy one of them one whole 

II. NN 



274 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

veares wages To evy one of my svnnte women two smookf a 
peece and all my night gownes cloth gownes and such other of my 
apparell as my sayd doughter Dorothie Brereton shall thinck fitt for 
their wearinge To my cosyn Elizabeth Datton one portagae of 
gould To my cosyn Elizabeth Egerton doughter of the sayd Banffe 
E. esquier one cheyne of gould and a crucifix of gould sett w^ stones 
To my neece Elizabeth Grosvenor one crucifix of gould and tenne 
pownde in money To my cosyn Amye Bellott my sealinge ringe 
w^ the buck and the hounde yssuynge forthe of the hollyn bushe 
To my cosyn ffrances Grosvenor one portague of gould and to my 
cosyn Alice Haughton fyve pownde To my cosyn Mary Bope my 
best French hood w*** the upper billym and the comett To my 
eoBjn Laurence Bope one dubble duckett To my very lovinge 
cosyns Dame Katherin Trevor and Jane Edward(f one ringe a peece 
To my Svnnte Laurence Hyde twenty pownde To Humphrey 
Bydgway foure pownde yf he be in my Svice at the tyme of my 
death To James Pova xx' To John Greene th'^elder xx" My will 
ys that all such legacies as I have given to any of my svnntf shalbe 
payd unto them w^^in one quarter of a yeare next after my death 
All the rest and residue of my goodf and chattelles &c. I give &c. to 
my sayd sonne Bauffe E. esquier under this condioon that the sayd 
Baufie E. esquier shall suffer my execute" to take a true and pfect 
inventory of all my plate houshold stuff &c. and the same to cause 
to be reasonably valued charginge my sayd sonne Bauffe E. esquier 
to leave at the tyme of his deceasse such and so much of the sayd 
goodf or other of the like goodnes or in defaulte the value thereof 
as the sayd Bauffe E. esquier shall receyve by vertue of this my last 
will to the sayd Bichard E. And further my sayd execute'" shall 
w**»in one quarter of a yeare next after my deceasse take one true 
inventory of all my plate houshould stuff &c. and the same to be 
reasonably valued and a true copy thereof whereof the one pte to 
remayne w**» my sayd execute™ and th^other pte to give unto the 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 275 

sayd Richard E. To my cosyn Mary Bentley one ringe of gould 
To my cosyn Elizabeth Sutton one ringe of gould And ffynallye I 
constitute the right honorable and my welbeloved sonne S' Thorns 
Egerton knight Lord Keep of the Great Seall of England my wel- 
beloved cosyn S' Thomas Egerton knight my welbeloved cosyn and 
godsonne Roger Puleston esquier and my very loving cosyns Thorns 
Puleston and Thorns Rode gentlemen my true and lawfuU executors 
and my welbeloved cosyns Ranffe Rav^nscrofte and Rauffe Egerton 
of fiettley esquiers supvisors hartely prajdnge even for Ghrystes sake 
all of their paynes therein and to see the same fully &c. In wytnesse 
whereof to this my psent last will and testam^ I the sayd Dame 
Mary E. have putt to my seall and subscribed my name w^^ myne 
awne hand the day and yeare first above wrytten. 

Marye Egerton. 

M^ that this psent last will and testament of Dame Mary E. late 
of Ridley widdowe was sealed and subscribed by the sayd Dame 
Marye and by her acknowledged affirmed and published to be her 
last will and testament the xviij*^ day of October in the xxxjx^ 
yeare of the reigne of o' soveigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of 
God &;c. in the psence of these psons whose names are subscribed 
Ed. Bellott ThomAS Rode John Bellott John Henshawe Rog 
ThweUyn. 

M.^ that this will was deli^ed unto Rauffe E. of Rydley in the 
county of Ohester esq^ by Dame Mary E. of Astbury widdowe and 
by her acknowledged to be her last will and testament the 12 Jan7 
1598 (1598-9) in the ^nce of Tho. Egerton Jo. Egerton John 
Davenporte Henry Wood. 

A pticler inventory of all the goodes chattellf &c. of the Lady 
Mary Egerton widowe deceassed praysed at Astbury the ffourth day 
of May 1599 Inprimis her wearinge apparell and jewellf Oxxxiij^^ 
Tj» viij<i — a lease of the rectory of Astbury DClxvp xiij» iiij^ — a 



276 LANCASHIRB AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

lease of certeyn medowes and pastures in Newlington in the ooanty 
of Denbigh GOG^ — a lease of certejn tentf and land(f called the 
Nunheyes xx^ — a lease of certeyn ground in Astbury taken of M' 
Sonilforde'xx^' — a lease of a medowe in Astbury aforesayd taken of 
M' Llunden xiij^ vj* viij* — viij draught oxen xlriij^i — xij kyne 
and one heffer xxxij^^ xiij» iiij<* — iiij nagf xij^* — Ijx onld sheepe 
and foure lambes xvij» xiiij* — xv big swyne and xv ahoatf jj^ xvij* 
Tj^ — puUeyn xx" — come in the garn" and unthrashed Ixiiy^ xiij* iiij** 
come on the ground xiij^ vj» viij* — instram^ of husbandrye x^ — 
boards stooles carpet tf quishions hanging^ and other ffumitureof the 
dyninge chamber x^^ — beddinge w^ bedstockC chestf tranckf hang- 
ingf and other fumiture of the chambers Ixxij^^ x* — napery or lynnens 
xxj^^ xj> ij*' — brasse pottf and pannes w^ broaches dreepinge pannes 
grates rackf and other kytchin stuffe xij^ xv* x^ — the brewinge lead 
iijii vji viijd — pewter x^ xv^ — candlestick^ xxx« viij^ — treen ware 
in the bruehouse and dayhouse vij^* viij« v^ — treen ware in the 
buttry kitchin pastry and larder xlv» iiij<^ — tables benches fibrmes 
and other necessaries in the hall xx" — hay iij^* vj« viij^ — wooU 
xxxiiij^i xiij* iiij^ — in sperate and despate debt^ D^'^ The like in- 
ventorye of div" goodes and cattellf of the sayd Lady Egerton 
remeyninge at the Gleyes in the pishe of Bunbury praysed the xj^^ 
day of May 1599 iiij mares j colte and vij nagf xxvj^^ — ij ffat oxen 
xH -—viij draught oxen xlij^ — a payre of ould bounden wholes iij» 
iiij^ — all her plate brought to Rydley and there weighed by John 
Lyngley gouldsmyth as by a note thereof appeareth and valued to 
Cxxxvijii iiij* Sm total MMGOlx^^ viij» ij<i. 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS* 277 

THE WILL OF ANNE BBOUGHTON OF 
SHOCKLACH, WIDOW.^ 



IN the nftme &c. 27 June 1583 I Anne Broughton of the pishe 
of Shooklaoh in the countie of Chester wydowe acknowledge 
mj selfb mbrtale and that I am borne to dye &o, make this my last 
will &c. %r8t I comende my sonle &c. and to be bnryed (if God 
shall flo appoynt) within the pishe ohnrche or ohaunsell of Shocklach 
I geve unto my sonne ffiranncis B. tenne powndf to be payd unto 
him by my executors hereafter named in one severall payment 
within <me whole yere next ensuynge after my decease To my sonne 
John B. t^entye pownde to be payd unto him within two whole 
yeres next ensuynge after my decease at two severall paymentf 
orderly To my sonne Homfiray B. ten powndf to be lykewisse 
payd unto him in two severall payment^ To my daughter Jane 
Lloyd my best sylver salt a sylver goblet a beere cupp of sylver a 
dozen of sylver sponnes my great brasse panne and my best sute of 
apparel To my daughter Marget Yonge a beere cup of sylver halfe 
a dozen of sylv^ sponnes and my seconnde sute of apparell To my 
sister Maude fortie shilling^ yerely duringe three whole yeres next 
ensuynge after my decease To Morgan Broughton the sonne of 
Edward B. late of Shocklach pish deceased the bedsteed in the 
parler w* the waynescote and glasse in and about the sayd parler w^ 
all y^ rest of the glasse in and about the housse and chambers and 
housses of office in what place soever together w^ the brewinge 
panne set now in the fomesse in the brewinge housse w^ the clocke 
and the bell and all other things belonginge to the sayd clocke and 
also the boat w<* is uppo the ry ver Dee All the rest of my hous- 
hold stuffe as beddinge brasse and pewter with other implementt of 

1 ProTod June 11, 1588. Buried at Shocklach, 6th June, 1588. 



278 LANCA8HIBB AND CHB8HIRB WILLS. 

houshold except the great brasse potte I geve &c. unto my two 
daughters Marget Youge and Jane Lloyd to be equally devided 
betwixt them To my sonne in law Wilhn Lloyd my best iron 
bounde wayne w^ the yokes and chaynes and all othqr implementt 
belonging to the same To my sonne in lawe Thomas Yonge my 
other iron bounde wayne w^ the yookf and chaynes bdonginge to 
the same To my brother Bichard ap Richard three poundf I geve 
&o. towardf the reparacon of Shocklach church x* and xx^ shyl- 
lyngf to be distributed devyded and geven amongest the poore folkf 
of Shocklach pishe aooordinge to the discretion of z&yne executour 
To Bobt Downes^ clerke now curat of Shocklach on angell of golde 
To e^ychone of my sonnes and sonnes in lawe a mouminge dooke of 
blacke death and to my brother Bichard ap Richard a mouminge 
olooke and to my daughters Marget Yonge and Jane Llojrd to either 
of them a mouminge gowne and to my sisters Maude and Eathren 
to either of them a mouminge gowne To my cosyn Jane Yardley 
the wiffe of John Y. of Galoot and to my cosyn Elizabeth Pova the 
wiffe of John P. to either of the an angell of gold to make the either 
a rynge for remebrance To twelve poore folkf of my neighbours xij 
frize gownes To Marget and Anne Lloyd my cosyns to either of 
them one heifer To Anne Jane and Elnor Yonge the daughters of 
my Sonne in lawe Thomas Y. to ether of them one heifer The rest 
of all my goodf &c. I geve unto my sonne Valentine B. and I make 
him my executoure I nominate &c. Wittm Lloyd and Thomas 
Yonge my sonnes in law my brother Richard ap Richard and my 
sonne Francis to be overseers &c. Thesse beynge wytenes Davyd 
Lloyd drap John ffytton and Bobt Downes clerke w* others. 

1 He became incumbent of Shocklach in 1676, and was buried there 7tii October, 
1688, aged 86 jwn.^Bhocklach Farith Begiiter, 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIBE WILLS. 279 

THE WILL OF SIB ROBERT THORPE, 
CLERK.i 



IN Dei &o. Tbe jx day of Julii MDxlvijti' I Sir Roberto Thorppe 
clarke of pfjte mynde &o. finste I bequeste my soule to 
Almygbtye God and to o^ biyssed lady Sanet Marye and to all the 
conrte of bevyn and my body to be buryed w^in the qnere and I 
will give to the chnrche pfette vj* viij^^ I give to S' Richarde Hall 
my snrplesse To S' Rob Kereby one bonet one typpet and iij" iiij<^ 
To S' Jhon Poyde one bonet one typpet and iij" iiij<* To S' Wittta 
Styll my silv spectacles and my wood knyffe To S' Jhon le Wet 
the Dane my beste bonet To Jane WyghtmS my sifiS my shorte 
gowne and vj» viij^ To Wittm WyghtmSand fiartylmew WyghtmS 
ether off them iij" iiij^ To Esabell WyghtmS and to Agnes 
WyghtmS ether of them v« To Mawde WyghtmS iij« iiij^ To 
Jhon WyghtmS y^ To Rob Peirson Kateryne Peirson Agnes 
Peirson and Jane Peirson to evy one of them x^ for there chyldys 
portions and I will y^ this money y^ I haue givyn nnto Jhon Peirson 
chyldryn be in custodye of y^ handf of my supvisors unto y^ tyme 
y* they thynke it pfitable unto them To Wiftm Reidheid and Jhon 
Reidheid ether of them iij®* iiij* To Alyson Reidheid yj®* viij** To 
my Lady Pores and hir two sister^ e9y one of theme xij^ To Jhon 
JBrymley vj<» viij* To Dame Barbara Bryley my si^ v®« and one 
tache To my sicS Gybson v^ and one taohe To Thomas Oybson 
my sil9 whyssyll To Dorethe Thorppe iij<>« iiij^ To Xpofere 
Pekket my servande his halfe yere wayges his brydyll and his sadle 
my boottC and my spurres and jj^ in money and my worsset doblet 

1 No date of probate, but the inyentory is dated September 12, 1547. In it are the 
following items : — '* His pnne and his belte and x~ Tiij' in yt and iiij gownee xzx~ 
two jacketts ^ pare of hoysse two dobletC iij bonettQ one ridynge hatt thre typpett^ 
w* a welwet hoyde xyiy**." 



280 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

To Xpofere Cowp pysche clarke one dowblet of Aistian slevyd w*** 
worsset one shavyng ewer my honestone and all rasors I will y^ iiij 
preistf shall here me to the churche w^ iiij sarplesses and evy one 
of them to have x\j^ I will that there be spente at y« day of my 
buryall xl<>* I give x®* to y« powreste folkf w*Mn Kyrkeby Mores- 
heid and it to be delivered to y« churche wardens handc and they to 
dystrybute it when they shall thynke it necessarye To S' Jhon 
Poyde ij«" and he to give it to the powreste folkf v^in his pishyng 
To S' Rob Kereby ij®* and he to give it to y« powreste folkf w**»in 
his pishyng I will y* y« vicar of Salton be one of my supvisors and 
I give him for his peanes takyng my beste typpet I will y* Nicholas 
Bulloke be another supvisor and I give hym for his peanes takyng my 
beste jacket my brydle and my sadle my foxe fdrr skynnes and y* 
two greit lawndyronf y* standythe in my chymley and I will y* aft 
his dethe that Lawnoe Bulloke haue them to hym and his heres 
The resydew of all my guddf I give to Wiltm Beidheid ray brother 
and to Elsabethe my sisr his wyffe whome I make my executor^ 
Witnesses hereoff Sir Jhon Blakket 8' Richarde Hall Thomas 
Sulbye Roberto Berye w*^ other. 



THE WILL OF FRANCIS WARREN, OF 
PRESTBURY.* 



Anno Dni 1593 the xxv^ day of October. 

IN the name &6. 1 firanoes Warren of Presbarie bothe sieke in body 
nevertheles of pfect memorie thankf bee given &c. Where I have 
heretofore made a conveyance of my landes to my cosin John Warren 
of Poynton Esq' and his heires w^ dy verse remaynders over my desyre 
is tx) my now cosin M' Edward Warren Esq' as in the liefe tyme of 

1 Prored Hay 6, 1594. 



LANCASHIHB AND CHESBIRIB WILLQ. 281 

hk &ther I requested bis saied father that hee would redeliv backe 
the Baled oonveyauoe and that if ytt would please him soe to doe then 
if ytt please God to oall mee to his mercy that my wiefe shall have 
all my laudes dueringe her liefe and after her decease my will is that 
my saied landc &c. should descend to firancf HoUinshead sonne of 
Edward H. of Bosley deceased and to [hb] heires &c. and then my 
wiefe to bee discharged of that some of xlv^ w^ was left unto him 
by his father w<^ I am indebted to pay and for want of issue &o. 
(hen to my cosin Robert Byley and his heires and for want &c. then 
to Wilhn Newton of fiulshaw and his heires My will is to have a 
mariage solempnized beetweene one of the daughters of my cosin 
Robert Byleis and the saied ffrancf if my saied cosin Byley will 
yeeld and alowe soe much monney in mariage w^^ his daughter to 
the saied ffrancf as the ov^sceers of this my last will shall reasonablie 
appoynt I give unto S' Edward ffitton knight and my lady tow 
angells of gold To my brother in law John Henshaw my grissell 
mare alowinge my wiefe five markes in money To evy of my exe- 
cutors (exceptinge my wiefe) vj" viij^ a peece for theire paines to bee 
taken abowte the pbat of this my will To Reynold Hollingshead 
me blaoke stirke one dublett of canvas one medley jerkin one paire 
of nether stockf and one paire of shooes To Raphe G^ my servant 
one dublett of millian fustian one jerkin and one paire of nether 
stoekf To Anne Glearke my servant one ewe lambe To Isabell 
HoUinshead one pyte heffer w<^ is w^ calve To ffrances HoUins- 
head and brother to the saied Isabell one blacke ewe To ffrances Hol- 
lindiead my god sonne one blacke heffer and to the rest of my god 
ebUdren zij^ a peece To Lawrance Plante one paire of greene boote 
hose one paire of nether stockf To Raphe Newton one paire of 
bootf and a paire of spurres To Ales Qee wief to Raphe G. iiij' To 
John Dey my sword girdle I give three bushells of barlie to the 
poore of w^'^in the pishes of Presburie and Alderley to bee given 
by the discrea^n of my executors To Jeanne Jackson wief to 

II. 



282 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 

Raphe J. of Alderley fryse to make her a gowne of To Anne Dam- 
porte ij* To Edward Houghe one Spanish jerkin The rest of my 
goodf my debtf fu&all and legacies discharged I give to my wiefe 
Lastly I ordeyne and make Anne Warren my wiefe Hugh HoUins- 
head of Hey wood Robte Whythall of the Shourpecliffe and Bobert 
Ryley of Chorley executors of this my last will and o^sceers S' 
Edward ffitton knight and M' John Henshaw of Lockwood my 
brother in law In wittnes &c. ffrances Warren his nuirke Witt- 
nesses to this will Edward HoUinshed John Dey Wifhn Holland 
Reynold Hollinshed and Raphe Newton. 



THE WILL OF PETER STANLEY OF 
MOORE HALL, ESQ.» 



IN the name &;o. The 20 October 1589 I Peter Stanley of 
Moore Hall in the county of Lane Esquire consydering the 
certeynety of deathe &;c. My body I commend to Ohristian buriall 
I bequeathe to Jane now my wife the one halfe of all my goodf and 
cattells all her apparell furniture and all her ringf and Jewells what 
soe9 vf^^ [she] bathe usually used and worne and tow bedsteedf or 
bed cases w<^ are now in the chamber wherein the sayde Peter doth 
ordinary lye To Eatherin wief of Edwarde Stanley^ my eldest sonne 

> Frored 7th AuguBt 1692. Peter, second son of Sir WillJAin Stanley of Hooton 
00. Oest. Ent. by Ajune, daughter and coheiress of Sir James Harrington of Woolfage 
CO. Northampton, married first Elizabeth daughter and heiress of James Scarisbrick 
by Margaret daughter and heiress of Thomas Atherton of Biokerstaffe Esq., and 
secondly Cicely daughter of Richard Tarleton.— Ormerod, 7ol. ii. p. 230, St^ld MSS, 

* Edward, the testator's eldest son, married first Katherine daughter of Lawrence 
(or William) Ireland of Lydiate Esq., by whom he had two daughters, Jane and 
Elizabeth. He married secondly Elizabeth daughter of Leonard Hoghton of Spinagh, 
and left a son and heii Peter Stanley of Moore Hall, aged 68 at the Yiaitation in 



LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE WILLS. 283 

tow bedsteedf and all furniture of beddiuge belonginge to the same 
vf^^ nowe are in the chamber wherein the sayde Eatherin doth use 
to lie To my sayde sonne Edwarde S. all my standinge bedsteedes 
in Moore Hall aforesayde and all my implement^ and furniture for 
husbandrie and one cheste in the great chamber in More Hall and 
all armour and furniture [for] warrs and one great stone used for 
^servaco of swine meat* To Anne Blundevell my daughter my red 
silke curtens To Katherin Urmeston my daughter my greene seye 
curtens To Jane Stanley daughter of the sayde Edward S. one 
incalfe heyfFer. To Elizabeth S. sister of the saide Jane one incalfe 
heffer To Alice Sutton and Margaret her sister tow incalfe hefferf 
equally to bee devided And all the rest of my goodf and cattells 
not before bequeathed I give &c. to Margaret Stanley my daughter 
wiefe of Henry S. Esquier^ and to Willia S. my second sonne 
equallye to be devyded ffurther I make &c. Randulph Maynwaringe 
of Over Pever Esq' and Edmunde Trafford sonne and heire apparent 
of S' Edmunde T. knight [my] executors &c. I make S' Rowland 
[Stanley of] Houlton knight [The rest of the will is decayed.] 

In the inventory the testator is said to be of Morehall and 
Bycarstafe. 

> Henry, son of Sir James Stanley of OrosB Hall Ent., by Anne daughter of Sir 
Ferdyal Hart of Lnllingston co. Kent Xnt., married Margaret daughter of the tes- 
tator by his first wife Elizabeth daughter and heiress of James Scarisbrick of Bicker- 
staff Esq. See Henry Stanley's will, p. 95 wpra. 



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